Paid a final scouting trip to Bear Creek Lake SP before this weekend's VSO annual meeting field trips - there were several new arrivals including several birds with yellow throats - YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, NORTHERN PARULA. HOODED WARBLERS and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES were both very vocal and very cooperative, and I expect they will be around at the weekend as they were in locations where I've found them in previous years. A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was gathering nesting material. Full species list: Location: Bear Creek Lake State Park - PHP03 Observation date: 4/20/10 Number of species: 27 Canada Goose 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 5 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 American Crow 3 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 Eastern Bluebird 1 Northern Parula 3 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 3 Ovenbird 4 Louisiana Waterthrush 3 Common Yellowthroat 2 Hooded Warbler 4 Chipping Sparrow 8 White-throated Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 American Goldfinch 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA) Location: Bear Creek Lake State Park - PHP03 Observation date: 4/20/10 Number of species: 27 Canada Goose 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 5 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 American Crow 3 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 Eastern Bluebird 1 Northern Parula 3 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 3 Ovenbird 4 Louisiana Waterthrush 3 Common Yellowthroat 2 Hooded Warbler 4 Chipping Sparrow 8 White-throated Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 American Goldfinch 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA) Wendy Ealding Powhatan County