Eight birders from Richmond Audubon Society spent several hours at the Main Section of James River Park today, starting from the 42nd Street entrance. The official list includes 9 warbler species: Northern Parula, Chestnut-Sided, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Yellow-throated, Blackpoll, Black-and-White, American Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat. Other observers reported Blue-winged, Worm-eating, Prothonotary, and Canada as well as Warbling Vireo. Parula and Yellow-rumped were the most numerous. We found both Orioles, two beautiful male Scarlet Tanagers. A single Spotted Sandpiper was sighted from the upstream picnic area. Catbirds were numerous. A couple of White-throated Sparrows were hanging around.
Cool moment of the day: trip leader steps right over a Copperhead making its way across the trail before anyone notices it. Hey, I was look for warblers, not herps! Closely followed by Red-tailed Hawk finding lunch on the tracks near the park headquarters building.
Total, including observations from other birders, is 62. The trip last year on 5/2/09 found 68.
Complete list is below. -- Lewis Barnett -- http://www.mathcs.richmond.edu/~lbarnett/ -- Work phone: (804) 289-8091 Location: James River Park - Main Section Observation date: 5/1/10 Number of species: 57 Canada Goose 8 Mallard 7 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Mourning Dove 6 Chimney Swift 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Red-eyed Vireo 7 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 1 Fish Crow 2 Tree Swallow 1 Carolina Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 2 Carolina Wren 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 4 Gray Catbird 6 Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling 3 Cedar Waxwing 2 Northern Parula 11 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 5 Black-and-white Warbler 3 American Redstart 3 Common Yellowthroat 3 Scarlet Tanager 2 Eastern Towhee 2 Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 1 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Common Grackle 7 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Orchard Oriole 3 Baltimore Oriole 2 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 5 House Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA) 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.
