I joined Mary Argenteanu yesterday (Friday) morning at the Wetlands and then spent an hour and a half between 42nd St and Reedy Creek this morning. Highlights from the Wetlands included my first Common Yellowthroat of the year and a pair of nesting Sharp-shinned Hawks. There were singing Yellow-throated Warblers all over the place, and a pair of Palm Warblers cavorting in the bushy tree just over from the eastern-most blind at the pond. The first two Chimney Swifts of the season were cruising over my house when I arrived home from work. No hummingbirds yet. Today was a great day at 42nd street, in spite of the gloomy weather. No new warblers, just Yellow-rumped and Pine. (Didn't even hear a Yellow-throated today.) I enjoyed some great face-to-face looks at a couple of Great Horned Owls (one adult, one juvenile) in a tall tulip poplar directly south of the storm drain outlet. The Bonaparte's Gulls that Paul Bedell reported earlier in the week were still present on the river. A pair of Great Egrets flew over, along with a couple of Chimney Swifts. I found a Purple Finch and a couple of Northern Rough-winged Swallows at Reedy Creek. Finally, I had a really nice look at a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers from *above* on the footbridge. I'm so used to staring up at their bellies that this was a real treat. Complete lists below. Lewis James River Park - Wetlands 4/9/2004 Great Blue Heron Mallard Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-bellied Woodpecker (mobbed by Gnatcatchers) Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Cedar Waxwing Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Palm Warbler Common Yellowthroat Eastern Towhee Swamp Sparrow American Goldfinch James River Park - 42nd Street, 4/10/2004 Double-crested Cormorant Great Egret Canada Goose Mallard Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Great Horned Owl Chimney Swift Red-bellied Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher American Robin European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Warbler Eastern Towhee Field Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Purple Finch American Goldfinch -- Lewis Barnett -- Dept. of Math & CS, U. of Richmond, VA 23173 -- lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx | lbarnett@xxxxxxx -- http://www.mathcs.richmond.edu/~lbarnett/ 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.