[Bristol-Birds] Bird Walk at the Pinnacle NAP

On Saturday, May 10, the Russell County Bird Club and the Russell County Tourism Committee sponsored a bird walk at the Pinnacle Natural Area Preserve in Russell County Virginia.

Despite threatening weather at the beginning 11 people participated in the walk. The skies cleared and it was a beautiful hike in a beautiful area of Southwestern Virginia. The walk was led by members of the Russell County Bird Club. In addition to the birds, we also observed wildflowers such as Green and Gold, Fire Pink, Yellow Pimpernel, Smooth Meadow Parsnip, Fairy Wand, Lyre-Leaf Sage and butterflies such as Giant Swallowtail, Zebra Swallowtail and Black Swallowtail.

Birding highlights included singing Lousiana Waterthrush and dueling Wood Thrushes. In all we had 43 species.

 

Trip List:

Great Blue Heron                                            Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture                                                Canada Goose

Mallard                                                          Ruffed Grouse

Spotted Sandpiper                                         Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Pileated Woodpecker                                     Acadian Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe                                            White-eyed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo                                             Blue Jay

American Crow                                             Carolina Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse                                            Carolina Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher                                  Wood Thrush

Gray Catbird                                                 Brown Thrasher

Northern Parula                                             Black-throated Green Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler                                 Black and White Warbler

American Redstart                                        Worm-eating Warbler

Ovenbird                                                       Louisiana Waterthrush

Hooded Warbler                                            Scarlet Tanager

Eastern Towhee                                             Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow                                                Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal                                           Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting                                               Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Meadowlark                                      Common Grackle

American Goldfinch   

Tom & Laverne Hunter
Russell County Bird Club
Lebanon, VA



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