[va-richmond-general] Wild birds seen this week
- From: "IE Ries" <ieries@xxxxxxx>
- To: "RAS List" <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 13:31:16 -0400
Seen at my feeders the last two days: Rose-breasted Grosbeak! That's a first
for me!
This week's bird sightings (though there's always plenty of chirping in the
bushes that I can't identify):
Monday 4/21 Rockwood Park:
Redbellied Woodpecker
White-eyed Vireo
Redwinged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
Carolina Chickadee
Yellowrumped Warbler
Canada Goose
Mallard Duck
Robin
Tufted Titmouse
White-throated Sparrow (both white and tan striped varieties)
Tree Swallow
Blue Jay
Redheaded Woodpecker
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Redtailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Tuesday 4/22 Powhite Park:
Yellowrumped Warbler
Northern Flicker
Carolina Wren
Carolina Chickadee
Blue Jay (a pair affectionately smooching in the treetops; lots of Jays out
today)
Grackle
Redtailed Hawk (pair)
Redwinged Blackbird
American Crow
Great Blue Heron (see flying + viewed 5 nests with mothers sitting and standing
in them)
Canada Goose
Northern Cardinal
Doublebreasted Cormorant
Belted Kingfisher (female) seen hovering and diving into the water, reminiscent
of an Osprey
Tufted Titmouse
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Sharpshinned Hawk
Wednesday 4/23 Point-of-Rocks Park:
Northern Flicker (female)
Belted Kingfisher (female, also doing the "Osprey Hover")
Common Yellowthroat
Whitethroated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal (several pairs)
Blue Jay
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female - she landed briefly on the branch of a tree,
about 4 feet from my face...amazing!)
Pileated Woodpecker (female, and camera shy)
Bald Eagle
Canada Goose
Doublebreasted Comorant
Osprey
Barred Owl
Brown Thrasher (it took me 20 minutes of intense searching to find the
songster, hiding in the thickets)
Carolina Chickadee
Redbellied Woodpecker
Cooper's Hawk
Redwinged Blackbird
Willet
Grackle
American Crow
Turkey Vulture
Mallard Duck
Carolina Wren
Thursday 4/24 Henricus Park/Dutch Gap:
Carolina Chickadee
Great Blue Heron
Eastern Bluebird
Sharpshinned Hawk
Brownhead Cowbird (observed a little love triangle going on in the treetops)
[Fish stealing juvenile] Bald Eagle
Northern Cardinal
Carolina Wren
Doublebreasted Cormorant
Yellowrumped Warbler
Turkey Vulture
White-eyed Vireo
American Redstart
Redwinged Blackbird
Eastern Phoebe
Whitethroated Sparrow
Barred Owl
Blue Jay
Hairy Woodpecker (female)
Swamp Sparrow
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