I checked out the Beaver Lake Trail as a preview for Saturday's Richmond Audubon Society field trip. No spring migrants yet, but there was a good showing of sparrows (CHIPPING, FOX, SONG, SWAMP, WHITE-THROATED). Other highlights included a second year BALD EAGLE, and a PINE WARBLER gathering moss along the stream bank near the dam. The wintering ducks have pretty much left (NO CANADA GEESE!) Full species list: Great Blue Heron Wood Duck Mallard Hooded Merganser (nice pair with male displaying) Bald Eagle (second year) Red-shouldered Hawk Killdeer Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird American Robin Pine Warbler Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird American Goldfinch Wendy Ealding Chesterfield County