Bruce Grimes, Clyde & Alan Kessler, and I spent yesterday checking
Burke's Garden and parts of Bland Co. We had some nice birds,
highlighted by 8 RH woodpeckers, a loggerhead shrike, a dickcissel, a
vesper sparrow, and 11 bobolinks. It impressed us that Burke's Garden
definitely deserves more coverage outside of winter. Bruce and Clyde
also racked up a list of winged creatures without feathers ;-) which
follows the bird list.
Burke's Garden (Tazewell Co.):
great blue heron 1
canada goose 5
turkey vulture ~40
black vulture 2
turkey 3
killdeer 7
solitary sandpiper 2
mourning dove ~30
rock dove 8
chimney swift 12
RT hummingbird 5
kingfisher 5
RH woodpecker 8
downy wp 1
hairy wp 1
N. flicker 14
pileated wp 1
E. wood-pewee 15
acadian flycatcher 1
willow flycatcher 9
E. phoebe 7
E. kingbird 18
l. shrike 1
RE vireo ~25
YT vireo 1
blue jay 20+
Am. Crow 20
raven 4
tree swallow 100+
NRW swallow 2
barn swallow 200+
tufted titmouse 8
C. chickadee 3
WB nuthatch 2
C. wren 8
house wren 7
BG gnatcatcher 2
E. bluebird 4
Am. Robin ~70
wood thrush 14
catbird 8
thrasher 7
starling 100+
waxwing ~30
B&W warbler 1
Am. Redstart 3
hooded warbler 7
c. yellowthroat 5
scarlet tanager 12
N. cardinal 15
indigo bunting 40+
RB grosbeak 2
dickcissel 1
E. towhee 6
field sparrow 12
chipping sparrow 15
grasshopper sparrow 13
savannah sparrow 12
vesper sparrow 1
song sparrow 40+
e. meadowlark 70+
bobolink 11
c. grackle ~50
RW blackbird 100+
B. oriole 4
house finch ~20
Am. Goldfinch ~70
house sparrow 10
Bland Co.:
Turkey Vulture 6
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Turkey 3 adults + 13 poults
Mourning Dove 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Pewee 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
American Crow 7
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Barn Swallow 17
Bluebird 6
American Robin 2
Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Starling 6
ovenbird 2
Hooded Warbler 3
Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Song Sparrow 2
Redwing 6
Meadowlark 2
Grackle 6
Goldfinch 1
Butterflies (Tazewell, Bland:
Black Swallowtail 1, 0
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3, 1
Cabbage White 24, 3
Clouded Sulphur 43, 2
Orange Sulphur 7, 1
Hairstreak species 1, 0
Summer Azure 1, 3
Diana Fritillary 0, 2 males (+ 1 road kill male)
Great Spangled Fritillary 8, 1
Aphrodite Fritillary 5, 0
Speyeria species 8, 1
Meadow Fritillary 2, 0
Eastern Comma 3, 0
Polygonia species 5, 1
Red Admiral 10, 1
Red-spotted Purple 1, 0
Common Wood Nymph 1, 0
Monarch 8, 0
Silver-spotted Skipper 25, 7
Wild Indigo Duskywing 0, 1
Damselflies
Ebony Jewelwing
Variable Dancer
Dragonflies
Common Green Darner
Dragonhunter
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Common Whitetail
Wandering Glider
Black Saddlebags
Meadowhawk species
Brian Kane
Blacksburg, VA 24061
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