VA BIRDers,
Rich Rieger and I arrived early at the Blue Ridge Center power line cut area,
meeting up with Joe Coleman. We birded for about an hour before Joe left to
bring over the Field Trip participants, who we joined with for the balance of
the morning. The days highlight was an Olive-sided Flycatcher (probably two as
one escaped into the sun). We also tallied single representatives of a few
warblers and sparrows for our ca. 5 hrs of enjoyment. The totals are given
below.
Oh, yeah, it was getting warm near the end.
Kurt Gaskill
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 2
Canada Goose 32
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 25, all over the ridge
RT Hummer 9
Red-bellied WP 5
Downy WP 3
Hairy WP 1
No. Flicker 3
Pileated WP 2
Olive-sided Fly 1
E. Wood Pewee 7
Willow Fly 1
Trails Fly 1
Great Crested Fly 3
E. Kingbird 1 (on wire nr hwy on early morning drive)
White-eyed V 8, incl many juvies
Yellow-throated V 1
Red-eyed V 6
Blue Jay 4
Am. Crow 10
C. Chickadee 4
T. Titmouse 5
C. Wren 4
H. Wren 3
BG Gnatcatcher 4
Am. Robin 36, a flock
Gray Catbird 15
Brown Thrasher 5
E. Starling 6
Blue-winged Warbler 3
Tennessee 1
Chestnut-sided 1
Black & White 1, singing
Am. Redstart 1
Worm-eating 2
Com. Yellowthroat 9, one singing
YB Chat 1, sang too!
Scarlet Tanager 1
E. Towhee 6
Field Sp 4
Grasshoppper Sp 1
Song Sp 2
No. Cardinal 7
Indigo Bunting 18, various ages and plumages
Red-winged Blackbird 150, a flock
Com. Grackle 8
Orchard O 1
Balto O 4
Am. Goldfinch 11
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