Hello VA-Birders,
I spent most of the morning birding the James River Park System beginning at
(8:00 am) and ending (12:30) at the Wetlands with 42nd Street/Reedy Creek
and the Floodwall in between. A good morning to be out with migration very
evident. Highlights included BLUE GROSBEAK, INDIGO BUNTING, MAGNOLIA
WARBLER,and RED-EYED VIREO.
Number of species: 57
Canada Goose 125 a few high flying groups of 3 - 7
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 165 1 high up V c.150
Great Blue Heron 4
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 3
Cooper's Hawk 1 Harassing Osprey and Great Blue Heron at flood wall
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer 1 Forest Hill Shopping Mall
Laughing Gull 8 Floodwall flying down river east
Ring-billed Gull 1 Floodwall
Rock Pigeon 35
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 3 1 at Wetlands being mobbed by crow
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1 42nd Street
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 27
Carolina Chickadee 16
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1 Wetlands
Carolina Wren 9
House Wren 1 Wetlands
Winter Wren 1 Wetlands
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Eastern Bluebird X
Hermit Thrush 1 Wetlands
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 20
Magnolia Warbler 1 42nd Street
Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
Palm Warbler 1 42nd Street
Common Yellowthroat 9
Eastern Towhee 1 42nd Street
Chipping Sparrow 5
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 13
Swamp Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 31
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Northern Cardinal X
Blue Grosbeak 1 Wetlands
Indigo Bunting 1 42nd Street
Common Grackle 2
House Finch 34
American Goldfinch 17
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA)
