Better late than never! Highlights were a flock of Rusty Blackbirds and 5 Forster's Terns at the river. Note: E-bird has recently requested that we make more of an effort to report the # of each species seen (rather than just using "X"), so I've reported my best estimate for most of the species we saw Friday. Kirk ------------------------------------------------ Location: James River Park--The Wetlands Observation date: 4/10/09 Notes: Saw the terns down at the river. Assumed they were gulls at first, but got a nice surprise once we took a better look. Also, saw a probable juv. Bald Eagle, but not quite a good enough look to list. Number of species: 33 Canada Goose 3 Mallard 1 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 3 Osprey 1 Ring-billed Gull 4 Forster's Tern 5 Mourning Dove 2 Barred Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Downy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 4 Carolina Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X Carolina Wren 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin X European Starling X Yellow-throated Warbler 4 Pine Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 White-throated Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal X Rusty Blackbird 25 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 American Goldfinch 2 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.