We ran our BBS route today from Front Royal south along Skyline Drive.
Following is our list:
Ruffed Grouse 1
Mourning Dove 6
Black billed Cuckoo 6
Yellow billed Cuckoo 2
Chimney Swift 6
Red bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood Pewee 21
Acadian Flycatcher 8
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great crested Flycatcher 2
Yellow throated Vireo 1
Blue headed Vireo 6
Red eyed Vireo 33
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 11
Common Raven 5
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 12
White breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 2
Blue gray Gnatcatcher 3
Veery 5
Wood Thrush 41
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1, new to this route
Cedar Waxwing 11
Chestnut sided Warbler 2
Cerulean Warbler 6
Black and White Warbler 6
American Redstart 19
Worm eating Warbler 4
Ovenbird 19
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Kentucky Warbler 1
Hooded Warbler 7
Scarlet Tanager 28
Eastern Towhee 32
Chipping Sparrow 7
Dark eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 10
Rose breasted Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 35
Common Grackle 2
Brown headed Cowbird 18
American Goldfinch 3
And, other birds seen but not in the count are Turkey Vulture, Barn Swallow
and Song Sparrow
Other sightings were a mother Black Bear with 2 cubs and the following
butterflies: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail, Black
Swallowtail, Spring Azure, Silver spotted Skipper, Hackberry Emperor, Red
spotted Purple, Eastern Comma and Cabbage White.
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
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