On Saturday, May 10, the Russell County Bird Club and the Russell County Tourism Committee sponsored a bird walk at the Pinnacle Natural Area Preserve in Russell County Virginia. Despite threatening weather at the beginning 11 people participated in the walk. The skies cleared and it was a beautiful hike in a beautiful area of Southwestern Virginia. The walk was led by members of the Russell County Bird Club. In addition to the birds, we also observed wildflowers such as Green and Gold, Fire Pink, Yellow Pimpernel, Smooth Meadow Parsnip, Fairy Wand, Lyre-Leaf Sage and butterflies such as Giant Swallowtail, Zebra Swallowtail and Black Swallowtail. Birding highlights included singing Lousiana Waterthrush and dueling Wood Thrushes. In all we had 43 species.
Trip List: Great Blue Heron Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Mallard Ruffed Grouse Spotted Sandpiper Ruby-throated Hummingbird Pileated Woodpecker Acadian Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe White-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Northern Parula Black-throated Green Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Black and White Warbler American Redstart Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Louisiana Waterthrush Hooded Warbler Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle American Goldfinch |
