There was a nice push of birds this morning at the Ivy Creek Natural Area
near Charlottesville. The highlight was a first-fall Mourning Warbler seen
from the paved trail. It initially flushed from the tall grasses at the
edge of the south field, and then flew into the adjacent second-growth and
gave good looks. The overgrown field and forest edge in this area look like
a decent spot for kicking up a Connecticut Warbler as well. It's probably
worth a look later in the fall. Also of interest today was a Least
Flycatcher foraging and allowing good studies near the bat house. Several
mixed groups of migrants yielded 7 other warbler species including Canada
(2), Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Black-and-white, Prairie, American
Restart, and Common Yellowthroat. Other birds of interest included
Yellow-throated Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, empid sp.,
Baltimore Oriole, and large numbers of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Indigo
Buntings.
Alex Merritt
Charlottesville, VA
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