Eight members of the Rockingham Bird Club found 67 species today in route to
and from Paddy Knob in Highland County.
Some of the best sightings were excellent looks at Bobolinks at Meadowdale and
Hightown and two families of grouse chicks going up Paddy Knob. Leonard Teuber
said this was the first time he had seen a Bobolink at Meadowdale. Diane
Holsinger had to literally chase one of the mother grouses out of the road for
us to get by. The most numerous bird was probably Chestnut-sided Warblers on
Paddy Knob. We also had good looks at Black & White Warbler, Least Flycatcher
and Sapsucker there. A Cedar Waxwing repeatedly put on a show for us hawking
insects right over our heads at Meadowdale. On the way back we saw two L.
Waterthrushes at Ramseys Draft (barely enough water to accommodate a
waterthrush here) and a family of Kingfishers at the pond in Mt. Solon.
Ken Hinkle
Bridgewater, VA
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