Today (6/17), Ron Harrington and I were able to discover Yellow-bellied
Sapsuckers on three breeding territories in the Jefferson National Forest of
Grayson County, VA.
We headed up the four-mile length of the 'Possum Creek jeep trail along Stone
Mountain to the "Scales" at 4,400 feet elevation at the Appalachian Trail and
Pine Mountain.
Our first bird was a drumming and calling male at 4,060 feet. The second came
at 4,200 feet when a female came to a tape recording of the sounds of a
screech-owl being mobed by chickadees. The thrid was at 4,300 feet when a male
responded to a tape and came for a close look.
A U.S. Forest Service biologist found two sapsucker males on Wednesday -- one
at Grindstone Campground and the other along State Route 600 about half way to
Elk Garden.
At 4,280 feet today on the jeep trail, Ron and I saw a Black-throated Green
Warbler gathering nesting materials in the road and flying off down the slope.
Let's go birding.....
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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