We ran our second BBS route in Shenandoah NP today, this one starting from
Mary's Tunnel Overlook, proceeding south and ending near the Rapidan Camp.
Highlight of the run was a WINTER WREN! Other birds seen in the park along
the run but not counted during the time periods were: Broadwing Hawk, Turkey
Vulture, Great crested Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Bluebird and
Song Sparrow.
Butterflies were also good, the list of those will follow the bird list.
Here is our list of birds:
Wild Turkey 1
Mourning Dove 3
Black billed Cuckoo 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood Pewee 10
Acadian Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue headed Vireo 3
Red eyed Vireo 22
American Crown 14
Common Raven 7
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 2
White breasted Nuthatch 8
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 1
Veery 22
Wood Thrush 14
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 3
Northern Parula 1
Chestnut sided Warbler 5
Cerulean Warbler 1
Black and White Warbler 3
American Redstart 35
Ovenbird 26
Kentucky Warbler 1
Hooded Warbler 3
Scarlet Tanager 10
Eastern Towhee 41
Chipping Sparrow 8
Field Sparrow 1
Dark eyed Junco 9
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose breasted Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 32
Brown headed Cowbird 10
American Goldfinch 3
And the Butterflies are:
Cabbage White
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Great Spangled Fritillary
Silver spotted Skipper
Orange Sulphur
Clouded Sulphur
Red spotted Admiral (Purple form)
Meadow Fritillary
Pearl Crescent
Monarch
Peck's Skipper
Summer Azure
Hobomock Skipper
Sachem
Leonard's Skipper
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
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