April 17, 2004 - Great Dismal Swamp - Jericho Ditch 46F - Sunny

Birds (* = our first sighting for this season)

American Robin - in fields along Jericho Ditch
Bald Eagle
Black and White Warbler
Black-Throated Green Warber
Black Vulture
Blue Jay
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Chimney Swift
Common Yellowthroat
Downy Woodpecker
Common Grackel
Eastern (Rufus-Sided) Towhee
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Great-Blue Heron
Great-Crested Flycatcher
Hooded Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Mocking Bird
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker (Yellow-Shafted)
*Northern Parula
Pileated Woodpecker
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Prothonatary Warbler - heard, not seen - two different areas
Purple Martin
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Turkey Vulture
White-Eyed Vireo
White-Throated Sparrow
Wood Duck
Wood Thrush
Yellow-Rumped (Myrtle) Warbler

Plants

Acer rubrum - Red Maple - samara'falling, leaves full
Gelsimium sempervirens - Yellow Jasmine - blooming
Glechoma hederacea - Ground Ivy - blooming
Potentilla simplex - Common cinquefoil - blooming
Sorbus arbutifolia - full bloom
Stellaria media - Common Chickweed - blooming
Taraxacum officinale - Dandilion - blooming
Vaccinium corymbosum - Highbush Blueberry - full bloom, leaves open approx 1-2 cm
Vicia americana - Purple Vetch - some w/ flowers
Viola cucullata - Marsh Blue Violet - blooming