My hummer’s back!
One male in red buckeye flowers now.
The 2 are in synch this spring!
Central Hanover Co.
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On Apr 14, 2018, at 10:22 PM, juliekazz@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to
Hi,
Sorry I couldn't join the group today for what sounds like a wonderful trip.
Yesterday I found a pair of nesting Barn Swallows at a school near our home
in Chester.
This morning, heading out to work I had Chimney Swifts "chittering" over head
and the insect trill of Worm-eating warblers in our White Oaks.
Spring...bring it!
JulieKacmarcik
Chester
On April 14, 2018 at 8:44 PM Lewis Barnett <blbarnett3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to
Postponing this walk from last (gray, rainy, cold, miserable) Saturday to
today turned out to be an excellent decision, an opinion apparently shared
by THIRTY-ONE birders, all apparently ready to shake off our extended winter
and get outdoors in the beautiful spring sunshine at Dutch Gap today.
Our initial stop at the first observation platform turned up the usual
suspects for this time of year, dominated by Red-winged Blackbirds, with
Eastern Meadowlarks singing accompaniment from the hillside behind us. We
had Osprey flyovers, as well as visits from Killdeer. We got one flyby by a
Wood Duck, and one by a Mallard already molting into eclipse plumage. There
were a few Coots still hanging around, as well as a single Blue-winged Teal,
associating with the coots, which a couple of lucky birders got looks at
before it disappeared into the vegetation.
On the walk out to the river overlook, we kicked into Breeding Bird Atlas
mode, finding Brown Thrashers in the visitor center parking lot gathering
nesting material, a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers working on a nest, and a
Red-shouldered Hawk making multiple trips across the marsh with nesting
materials. Migrant warblers are beginning the filter through. After hearing
singing Yellow-throated Warblers for forty-five minutes or so, we finally
tracked one down near the fishing pier. We also saw or heard White-eyed
Vireo, Common Yellowthroat, and Prairie Warbler on this section of the trip.
On the trails behind the Visitor’s Center, by far the most common warbler
was Yellow-rumped, but following that, we had good looks at any number of
Palm Warblers. Tree Swallows and Bluebirds were picking out their nest
boxes, and we finally heard (and got one brief look at) a Prothonotary
Warbler down Sycamore Spur trail. Prairie Warblers and Northern Paroles were
singing down that way as well. We hit a low, low tide today, and found three
Greater Yellowlegs in the mud down that trail as well. Perhaps the highlight
of the day was a Killdeer that chivvied three downy chicks across the trail
and out onto the mudflats in front of us at Twin Rock Spur. There was a lot
of action on the trail itself; at one point, we were scoping four Palm
Warblers, one Yellow-throated Warbler, two Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Pine
Warbler, and a lingering Hermit Thrush in one view.
We totaled 54 species - the complete list:
American Coot 1
American Goldfinch 3
American Robin 3
Bald Eagle 1
Black Vulture 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9
Blue-winged Teal 1
Brown Thrasher 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 35
Canada Goose 32
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren 3
Chipping Sparrow 5
Common Grackle 3
Common Yellowthroat 5
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Downy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
Eastern Meadowlark 6
Eastern Phoebe 1
European Starling 2
Fish Crow 4
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Hermit Thrush 1
Killdeer 9
Laughing Gull 75
Mallard 1
Mourning Dove 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Northern Mockingbird 3
Northern Parula 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Osprey 3
Palm Warbler 6
Pine Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 2
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Ring-billed Gull 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Savannah Sparrow 3
Tree Swallow 7
Tufted Titmouse 4
Turkey Vulture 3
White-eyed Vireo 1
White-throated Sparrow 9
Wood Duck 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Yellow-throated Warbler 4
—
Lewis Barnett
blbarnett3@xxxxxxxxx
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