Dear Lewis: Thank for the alert on the Snowy Owl. Last Saturday, December 3, I was at the Dutch Gap Conservation Area and saw 3 American Kestrels. A female Kestrel was on the fence along with many Eastern Bluebirds and one Eastern Phoebe which made several passes at the Kestrel. A male and a female Kestrel were also seen on the power line across the road from the viewing platforms (before you get to the visitor center). All three Kestrels were very wary and would not let me get close enough to get a decent photograph. A long distance shot of the female Kestrel and the Phoebe is attached. I will be on the lookout for the Red-breasted Nuthatch. I have seen them at my feeders in previous years. Naseem Reza On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Barnett, Lewis <lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I was poking around on eBird, and noticed two pieces of information that > suggest we should be on the lookout for unusual visitors this winter. > Apparently, there have been a number of Snowy Owls seen south of their > usual winter range across North America. Closer to home, there have been > two reports in eBird of Red-breasted Nuthatches around > Richmond/Chesterfield in the last week or so. While not exactly rare, you > don't necessarily see Red-Breasted Nuthatches around Richmond every winter. > > If you see anything good, please post to the listserv - the Christmas Bird > Count is coming up, and we'd like to know of anything special we should be > on the lookout for! > > Lewis > > -- > Lewis Barnett > President, Richmond Audubon Society > www.richmondaudubon.org > > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to > va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the > Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please > visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general. > >
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