[Bristol-Birds] Cerulean and Other Warblers

Area Birders,
Horn Mountain here in Buchanan County was the birding spot today for my wife 
and me. Horn Mountain is part of the Lonesome Pine section of the VA Mountain 
Area Birding and Wildlife Trail. We drove the six miles of graveled road, 
stopping at wide spots to get out to look and listen. There are few houses on 
this road and little traffic, so there are lots of good birding areas of mostly 
deciduous trees, just beginning to leaf out. OVENBIRDS were the warblers in 
greatest numbers, which is the usual case in this area. We found our first of 
the year AMERICAN REDSTARTS, and at one point we thought we heard a 
Chestnut-sided Warbler, but since it didn't sing again we marked it a no show. 
Two CERULEAN WARBLERS were in tree tops just beside the road and gave us great 
looks. A couple of HOODED WARBLERS could be heard doing their thing, as well as 
BLACK-AND-WHITES, BLACK-THROATED GREENS, a NORTHERN PARULA and a 
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. At the edge of one of the few areas of open 
pastureland two YELLOW WARBLERS  dueled vocally within a few feet of us. One 
male was especially brightly colored with deep reddish-brown stripes marking 
his chest.
A BROAD-WINGED HAWK posed for us after landing on a branch just below the 
roadway. With its back to us it ignored us as it scanned the ground beneath its 
perching tree. The buteo shape, the crow size and the banded tail made the ID 
easy. The raptor beak, visible as it turned its head, was impressive. 
Woodpeckers were drumming at almost every stop and EASTERN TOWHEES everywhere 
were drinking a great amount of tea. BLUE-HEADED VIREOS were out in force, and 
we were a bit surprised that we didn't find a Red-eyed. It was sometimes 
difficult to hear distant birds with the singing of the BLUE-HEADEDS and the 
TUFTED TITMICE.

The complete list follows.

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Buchanan County

American Redstart 3
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Cerulean Warbler 2
Hooded Warbler 2
Northern Parula 1
Ovenbird 10
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Blue-headed Vireo 7
Eastern Phoebe 4
Carolina Wren 3
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 5
Eastern Towhee 12
Field Sparrow 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Blue Jay 2
American Robin 4
Northern Cardinal 8
Mourning Dove 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Northern Flicker 1
Tufted Titmouse 15
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Turkey Vulture 1
American Crow 3
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