An hour at Bear Creek Lake SP in Cumberland County yielded some more first-of-the year sightings/hearings for me. HOODED WARBLER and SCARLET TANAGER both singing, and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER was feeding at the mud flat that has formed where the lake has been drawn down for dam work. There was a pair of WOOD DUCKS in a tree. Interestingly I also saw a pair of WOOD DUCKS in a tree in my yard in Powhatan this morning, just as I was leaving for Bear Creek. Location: Bear Creek Lake SP Observation date: 4/24/07 Number of species: 25 Wood Duck 2 pair in a tree Great Blue Heron 1 Greater Yellowlegs X Spotted Sandpiper 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker X Pileated Woodpecker X Eastern Phoebe X Yellow-throated Vireo X Blue-headed Vireo X Red-eyed Vireo X Blue Jay 1 American Crow 1 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Northern Parula X Black-and-white Warbler X Ovenbird X Hooded Warbler X Scarlet Tanager X Chipping Sparrow X Northern Cardinal X Brown-headed Cowbird X American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org) Wendy Ealding Powhatan County ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.