Greetings,
I birded the G. Richard Thompson WMA in northwestern Fauquier County this
morning with my father from six-thirty AM until around nine AM. We parked at
the Trillium Trail parking area and did the loop down said trail, on the
Appalachian Trail, and then back up the fire road to the car.
The Trillium are looking nice, with most in bloom. Lots of May Apples too.
The trees up there are only partially leafed out, with some just starting to
break bud. Makes for easy viewing, at least for a few more days.
Nothing especially notable, and the species diversity was about the same as
my last trip there 25 April. New for this visit were a few Black-throated
Green Warblers and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
eBird list follows.
Cheers,
Todd
Location: G. Richard Thompson Upper
Observation date: 5/3/06
Osprey 1
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 16
Blue Jay 30
American Crow 12
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Wood Thrush 16
American Robin 3
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 15
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Cerulean Warbler 9
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 18
Ovenbird 10
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Kentucky Warbler 1
Hooded Warbler 10
Scarlet Tanager 8
Eastern Towhee 20
White-throated Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 17
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
American Goldfinch 12
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)
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Todd Michael Day
Jeffersonton, VA, USA
blkvulture@xxxxxxx
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