For our afternoon in the back yard doing garden chores we were rewarded with a nice variety of birds: Red-shouldered Hawk - nesting in the swamp Barred Owl - calling down by the creek Turkey Vultures Mourning Doves Red-bellied WP Downy WP Flicker Blue Jay Chickadee Titmouse WB Nuthatch Carolina Wrens - nesting where?? Bluebird pair still checking out the nest box Starling Cedar Waxwings Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Towhee pair Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrows - eating red bud flowers! Junco Cardinals Grackle Goldfinches House FInches - still gathering cotton for their nest Caroline & John Chesterfield County 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.