All,
Spent the day birding and running errands between birding which led to a
rather disorganized day of birding that had me at quite a few nice birding
spots but for short time spans. I did manage 2 hours at Redish Knob for a
shot at Hawkwatching. No migrant raptors noted. Two adult Red-tails flying
north and hunting were the only raptors seen. Nice looks though!
Highlights were :
4 youngish looking Ruffed Grouse all with what appeared to be short tails.
One bird had a single lone tail feather which stuck out and looked rather
out of place which I suspose it wasn't. These birds appeared totally
unafraid of me and actually walked towards my car. I was fascinated by the
way their toes lifted from the pavement and drew together. Unfortunately my
camera was in the back of the car and totally out of reach. Later I saw lots
of hummers and an Osprey along Mossy creek. Least Sandpipers and Killdeer
were seen at Nazarene Church road grassy pond area with the cut out bears,
deer, and rabbits .. .. A single lesser Yellowlegs was seen at Leonards pond
in the early am in dense fog.
Only warbler seen the entire day was a Black and White at Madison Run
(ouch!)
Sincerley,
William Leigh
Bridgewater VA
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