[Bristol-Birds] Weekend Birding - Blue-headed Vireos

  • From: "Ed Talbott" <etalbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Bristol Birders" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 18:38:04 -0500

Bristol Birders,

Michelle and I spent Sunday morning hiking and birding the Breaks Park in 
Virginia.  We
hiked several miles of trail and had there been a warbler singing in the park I 
think we
would have heard it.  We did find seven Blue-headed Vireos though.

After lunch we headed over to Guesses Fork in Buchanan County and I made a 
quick pass
through the reclaimed strip mine sites on top of the mountain.  No new migrants 
but I did
find three Blue-winged Teal on a farm pond.

Today I had a meeting in Pulaski, VA and was able to check out Gatewood 
Reservoir
(162-acre lake) for waterfowl on my way home.  The park section was closed but 
I managed
to scope a portion of the lake and spotted two Bufflehead and a few Ring-necked 
Ducks.
The drive to the lake is miles of uninhabited pine forest and I'm certain I 
heard a couple
of Pine Warblers at the spots I stopped to listen.  There were lots of swampy 
areas in the
pine thickets and the habitat was not one you run into very often in SW 
Virginia.  I plan
on birding here later in the spring.

Gatewood Reservoir:  http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=37.03833&lon=-80.86

Ed Talbott
Buchanan County Bird Club


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