In conjunction with historic Belmead on the James in Powhatan, Richmond Audubon will be holding a morning bird walk on June 4 as part of their annual Discover Belmead Celebration. Come for the bird walk, stay for the celebration which includes mansion tours, live music, family events, vendor exhibits - see http://www.discoverbelmead.com/index.htm for details. For the bird walk, meet trip leader Wendy Ealding at 7 AM at the Powhatan Plaza Shopping Center (corner of Academy Road and Route 60). It may be muddy so, wear appropriate footwear. To whet your appetite, this is what we found there today Location: Belmead Observation date: 5/24/11 Number of species: 51 Canada Goose 3 Wood Duck 5 Mallard 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 5 Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern) 1 Mourning Dove 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4 Chimney Swift 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 Acadian Flycatcher 7 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 White-eyed Vireo 3 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 11 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 2 Tree Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 3 Carolina Chickadee 7 Tufted Titmouse 6 Carolina Wren 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 1 Gray Catbird 1 Northern Mockingbird 2 Brown Thrasher 1 Northern Parula 5 Prairie Warbler 1 Prothonotary Warbler 2 Ovenbird 4 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Common Yellowthroat 6 Eastern Towhee 4 Chipping Sparrow 11 Field Sparrow 1 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 Summer Tanager 2 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 9 Indigo Bunting 8 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Eastern Meadowlark 4 Common Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 8 Orchard Oriole 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA) Wendy Ealding