[bristol-birds] High Knob - Wise County, VA
- From: "Ed Talbott" <etalbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 23:57:16 -0400
Bristol Birders,
After a wonderful weekend of canoeing and birding with the Bristol
Bird Club along the Clinch River, Michelle and I decided to spend
the rest of Sunday birding the area around High Knob (4,165 feet at
summit) and High Knob Lake. The second bird we saw after getting to
the Lake Trail parking lot turned out to be a Blackburnian Warbler.
As we started down the Lake Loop Trail we quickly realized that we
were "not in Kansas anymore Toto." The high-count species for the
day turned out to be Black-throated Blue Warblers (12),
Chestnut-sided Warblers (11), Canada Warblers (6), and Veerys (11) -
definitely not your average bird walk around the neighborhood. Also
a day with twice as many Blue-headed Vireos than Red-eyed Vireos is
one for my record book. Overcast skies and cool temperatures kept
the birds singing most of the day and the haunting song of the Veery
was heard at almost every turn. High Knob is located in Wise County
close to the town of Norton, VA. I would highly recommend this area
to any local birders. Our daily count is listed below.
Ed and Michelle Talbott
Buchanan County Bird Club
http://www.bcplnet.org/birdclub/birdclub.htm
High Knob - Wise County, VA
June 16, 2002 / Temp: High 60's, overcast
Black-throated Blue Warbler [12]
Black-throated Green Warbler [3]
Canada Warbler [6]
Blackburnian Warbler [3]
Chestnut-sided Warbler [11]
Hooded Warbler [2]
Ovenbird [3]
Louisiana Waterthrush [1]
American Redstart [4]
Northern Parula [4]
Black-and-white Warbler [3]
Blue-headed Vireo [6]
Red-eyed Vireo [3]
Red-shouldered Hawk [1]
Acadian Flycatcher [3]
Eastern Phoebe [3]
Eastern Wood-pewee [1]
American Robin [4]
Downy Woodpecker [2]
Hairy Woodpecker [1]
Dark-eyed Junco [2]
Tufted Titmouse [1]
Gray Catbird [2]
Scarlet Tanager [2]
White-breasted Nuthatch [2]
Mourning Dove [1]
Blue Jay [4]
Indigo Bunting [4]
Eastern Towhee [6]
Turkey Vulture [1]
American Crow [2]
It is interesting to note that no Chickadees of either species were
noted on the hike. Also all of the Chestnut-sided Warblers were
located near the summit where it is more open and not around the
wooded lake.
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