[va-richmond-general] Recent Trip to South Central Virginia
- From: leeanna pletcher <thebuttons@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Richmond Audubon Listserv <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 09:23:17 -0400
This spring, my family visited Occoneechee State Park, near Clarksville, for a
camping trip along the shores of Buggs Island Lake. Immediately after we set
up our tent, I noticed a pair of Rough-winged Swallows circling over the lake.
This was a life list bird for me. Our day of hiking began in the morning, when
the less familiar call of Fish Crows jarred us awake. We headed out onto one
of the Occoneechee's short trails, the Tutelo Birding Trail. This trail offers
a newly constructed wooden birding platform that looks out over a field and a
few clearings in the forest. From here we spotted a brilliant male Summer
Tanager and listened to a Red-eyed Vireo singing. A Hooded Warbler dove among
the saplings in the large cleared area where an abundance of birds evaded us.
We followed the trail through the clearing and into mature forest where
thrushes moved amongst the low branches. Towards the end, the trail loops
around and opens up into cultivated fields. The red clay soil matched the head
stripe of the Chipping Sparrows hopping in the dirt.
Occoneechee State Park is close to the John H. Kerr Dam, where we observed
juvenile and adult Double-crested Cormorants on the rocks below the dam
spillway.
Occoneechee State Park was an good place to see birds in the Southern Piedmont.
Leeanna Pletcher
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