Hello Everyone!
Great Meeting and talking with you last week, Tom (Saunders)!
My thanks to Lynda for passing on the information about Shirley Plantation and
the Gnatcatcher's nest.. And good shooting a few with you and Barbara last
Sunday. Always a pleasure!
Sorry for the late post.
4/22/09
Entrance to James River NWR
(*) Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (4)
(*) Swamp Sparrow (4)
(*) Red-Winged Blackbird (10)
Common Yellowthroat (1 Male)
Eastern Bluebird (2)
Red-Headed Woodpecker (2)
Pileated Woodpecker (1 Male) (2 calling and drumming)
Red-Bellied Woodpecker (2) (heard more calling)
Great Blue Heron (2)
(*) Great Egret (1)
(*) Bald Eagle (2)
(*) Wood Duck (6)
Non birds
Five Lined Skink (1)
Beaver (Did not want it's photo taken as it splashed water everywhere with a
tail slap just as I pushed the shutter! Gave me a good laugh!)
Shirley Plantation
(*) Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (2)
Red-Winged Blackbird (3)
(*) Swamp Sparrow (3?) (May have counted the same one twice)
Prothonotary Warbler (1)
Northern Cardinal (6)
(*) Pied-Billed Grebe (1)
(*) Blue-Winged Teal (2)
(*) Wood Duck (3)
(*) Bald Eagle (3)
Osprey (8)
Non birds
Weasel (2)
Muskrat (1)
(*)=Photos. ( If they are good enough, photos will be posted to my website on
Sunday, April 22.)
Best of birding!
Les Brooks
www.natures-finest-photography.com
