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Veronica and I were at the Red River Gorge for a four day  trip. Highlights 
included:
 
Saturday June 10
 Sky Bridge Picnic Area, DBNF Wolfe Co., KY
1 singing male CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 1 pair Black and  White Warblers 
feeding fledglings, 2 pair Hooded Warblers feeding fledglings, 1  Pine Warbler 
feeding fledgling, 2 Ovenbirds.
 
Rock Bridge trail, Red River Gorge, DBNF, Wolfe Co.,  KY
4 Red-eyed Vireos, 2 Blue-headed Vireos, 8 Hooded Warblers, 6  Pine Warblers, 
2 Worm-eating Warblers, 1 Ovenbird, 5 Black and White  Warblers, 7 
Black-throated Green Warblers, 3 Northern Parulas, 2  Yellow-throated Warblers. 
 
Sunday June 11
 
Rock Bridge Trail, Red River Gorge, DBNF, Wolfe Co.,  KY
1 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH,  4 Blue-headed Vireos, 1  SWAINSON'S WARBLER, 14 
Hooded Warblers, 6 Pine Warblers, 3 Worm-eating Warblers,  3 Ovenbirds, 6 Black 
and White Warblers, 10 Black-throated Green  Warblers, 6 Northern Parulas, 3 
Yellow-throated Warblers, 1 Scarlet  Tanager.
 
Sky Bridge Picnic Area, Red River Gorge, DBNF, Wolfe Co.,  KY
1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 1 Prairie Warbler, 2 Hooded  Warblers, 2 Black and 
White Warblers, 3 Pine Warblers, 2 Ovenbirds.
 
Monday June 12
Rough Trail at Parched Corn Creek, Red River Gorge, DBNF,  Wolfe Co., KY
5 Blue-headed Vireos, 2 SWAINSON'S WARBLERS, 6  Worm-eating Warblers 
(including 1 giving distraction display), 10 Hooded  Warblers, 8 Black and 
White 
Warblers, 5 Black-throated Green Warblers, 2  Pine Warblers, 3 Northern 
Parulas, 2 
Yellow-throated Warblers. 
 
Sky Bridge Picnic Area, Red River Gorge, DBNF, Wolfe Co.,  KY
1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 1 SWAINSON'S WARBLER (heard  from picnic table).
 
Natural Bridge SP, Powell Co., KY
1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 2 Belted Kingfishers, 4 Eastern  Phoebes, 2 Lousiana 
Waterthrushes, 4 Yellow-throated Warblers, 2 Northern  Parulas. 
 
Rough Trail near D. Boone Hut area, Red River Gorge, DBNF,  Powell Co., KY
3 Prairie Warblers, 4 Pine Warblers. 
 
Tuesday June 13
Rough Trail from Chimney Rock rd. halfway to Parched Corn  Creek. Red  River 
Gorge, Wolfe Co., KY
4 Blue-headed Vireos, 4 Worm-eating Warblers, 6 Black-throated  Green 
Warblers (including 1 feeding cowbird fledgling), 6 Pine Warblers, 6  Hooded 
Warblers, 4 Ovenbirds.
 
Sky Bridge Picnic Area, Red River Gorge, Wolfe Co.,  KY
1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 4 Hooded Warblers, 2 Pine Warblers. 
 
Gladie Visitor Center, Red River Gorge, Menifee Co.,  KY
Unfortunately we witnessed an Eastern Phoebe's crash  into a window at the 
front entrance, it was badly stunned and may not  have survived. 
 
D. Boone Hut Trail, Red River Gorge, Powell Co.,  KY
2 Louisiana Waterthrushes feeding 2 fledglings. 
 
    The singing male Chestnut-sided  Warbler was omnipresent in the same 
territory near the Sky Bridge Picnic area as  last year. We could only locate 1 
Red-breasted Nuthatch at Rock Bridge, and  could not find any at last year's 
location at Parched Corn Creek. It was  interesting to have the Swainson's 
Warbler at the top of the ridge again at the  Sky Bridge area, as was the case 
last 
year as well. This ridge is loaded  with rhododendrons and mountain laurels. 
The Chestnut-sided spends most of it's  time foraging at mid-level in the oaks 
that are surrounded by the dense  heath understory. 
 
Frank Renfrow 
Bellevue, KY