I took a trip to Burkes Garden this morning; it was a peaceful day with a lot of good species. The species account is below. Mike Sanders Bristol, VA SPECIES SEEN 10/19/2010 ~ in Burkes Garden ~ 46 seen DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard GREBES Pied-billed Grebe HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS Great Blue Heron NEW WORLD VULTURES Black Vulture Turkey Vulture HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES Red-tailed Hawk FALCONS AND CARACARAS American Kestrel PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS Killdeer PIGEONS AND DOVES Mourning Dove KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Eastern Wood-Pewee Eastern Phoebe SHRIKES Loggerhead Shrike VIREOS Blue-headed Vireo CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven CHICKADEES AND TITS Carolina Chickadee NUTHATCHES White-breasted Nuthatch WRENS Carolina Wren KINGLETS Golden-crowned Kinglet THRUSHES AND ALLIES Eastern Bluebird American Robin STARLINGS European Starling NEW WORLD WARBLERS Tennessee Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco CARDINALS AND ALLIES Northern Cardinal TROUPIALS AND ALLIES Eastern Meadowlark SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES American Goldfinch --------- STATISTICS --------- Species seen - 46 Families w/seen species - 25