And of course the Hooded Warblers. It looked like a "Wetlands Paparazzi" with all the cameras being trained on them! They certainly were wonderful to observe. Cheers, Robert & James McLemore ________________________________ From: Kirk Andrews <kirkaandrews@xxxxxxxxx> To: Richmond Birders <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 11:55:48 AM Subject: [va-richmond-general] Wetlands Before Work Location: James River Park--The Wetlands Observation date: 4/24/09 Number of species: 43 Notes: We had a good crew of 10 people this morning. Short, but good look at the Merlin, who was carrying breakfast as he flew over. Nice looks at the hooded warblers and N.. Parula. Canada Goose 4 Wood Duck 3 Mallard 3 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 3 Merlin 1 Ring-billed Gull 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 White-eyed Vireo 2 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 3 Fish Crow 1 Tree Swallow 1 Carolina Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 5 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7 Eastern Bluebird 2 American Robin 3 Cedar Waxwing 4 Northern Parula 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 13 Yellow-throated Warbler 2 Pine Warbler 1 Prothonotary Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 2 Hooded Warbler 2 White-throated Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal 8 Indigo Bunting 1 Red-winged Blackbird 15 Rusty Blackbird 2 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 11 American Goldfinch 8 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) 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.