John and I walked at Pony Pasture this morning. Lots of bird sound including several Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Yellow-throated Warblers and our FOY Prothonotary Warbler singing along the river. Cardinals, wrens and chickadees were into territorial activities everywhere - chasing, fussing, singing. The Virginia bluebells were in full bloom. The spring mating activity wasn't limited to the birds - we saw a pair of creek chubs on their gravel nest doing their thing. We'll follow our leader and post the ebird link to our morning's bird list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/email?subID=S13709078 Nice morning. Caroline Coe Chesterfield County On Apr 11, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Nelda Snyder wrote: > My first-of-year Ruby Throat came yesterday (Wednesday) mid-afternoon > straight to his feeder. But sadly, two big borer bees swooped right at him > and I didn't see him again until--NOW! Almost 1:00 pm Thursday and he's > trying out one of the 2 additional feeders I put up a bit further from the > house and its borer bee population. I've had prothonotaries also for a week > or more. > > Nelda in Eastern Henrico > > On Apr 11, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Lesley P Bulluck wrote: > >> Prothonotary Warblers are also back at Deep Bottom Park! Two banded males >> were there yesterday visible from the canoe launch trail and a few more >> today. Let the field season begin! >> >> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Barnett, Lewis <lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> I made a quick tour of the Wetlands before work this morning, and had >> first-of-year Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Common Yellowthroat. Blue-gray >> Gnatcatchers were abundant. Here's a link to the whole checklist: >> >> http://ebird.org/ebird/va/view/checklist?subID=S13707197 >> >> -- >> Lewis Barnett >> Dept. of Math and CS, University of Richmond >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Lesley Bulluck, PhD >> Department of Biology >> Virginia Commonwealth University >> Trani Life Sciences Building, 028 >> Richmond, VA 23284 >> phone:804-828-0072 >> email: lpbulluck@xxxxxxx >> website: https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/bullucklab/ >