If you were outside on this warm and windy day, you may have seen and heard
some welcoming signs of spring. Flowers are blooming, frogs are singing,
butterflies are fluttering, and some warblers have arrived! We've already
seen swallows and Ospreys arrive last week, so expect more to come in the
next few weeks as we gear up for peak migration around the end of April and
start of May. Here are some of the best birds of the day:
Black-and-white Warbler in my yard along Fairgrounds Road
---https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44073878
Louisiana Waterthrush along Holliday Creek in the Appomattox-Buckingham
State Forest
---https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44073857
Yellow-throated Warbler & Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Holliday Lake State Park
---https://ebird.org/atlasva/view/checklist/S44073725
You may have noticed the AMCR carrying nesting material in the final list.
Please get out to your priority blocks soon to catch early breeding
evidence of corvids and owls. Ty and Regina also had BAWWs today in Pamplin
and Nutbush respectively, so please feel free to reply with your other
spring bird sightings.
Evan Spears
Farmville, VA
