VA Birders,
This morning was a great morning to go bike riding and do some birding at
the same time. I rode around Compton Mtn. ridge here where I live. The sun
was just coming up. The temperature was 58 F. I had the road to myself. The
smell of the freshly mown hay was sweet and the swallows wheeled and turned
over the fields.
Enough romanticizing. Here is the list of what I saw and heard.
Scarlet Tanager 1
Tree Swallows 2
Mourning Dove 5
Chipping Sparrows 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Eastern Towhee 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Northern Flicker 1
American Redstart (2 males)
American Robin 8
European Starling 17
Carolina Wren 2
Ovenbird 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Cardinal (3 males)
Carolina Chickadee 3
Song Sparrow 3
Indigo Bunting (6 males)
Eastern Bluebirds 8
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Eastern Meadowlark 6
American Goldfinch 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Brown Thrasher 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Chimney Swift 3
Tree swallow 4 (2 immature)
Barn Swallow 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
House Sparrow 3
American Crow 12
Roger Mayhorn
Buchanan County
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