This morning JoAnne Pierce, Susan Stanton, and I birded higher elevations of
Bedford County (Blue Ridge Parkway south of the James River Visitor Center to
Thunder Ridge Overlook, then backtracked to Forest Road 951 down to Route 602
to Route 122). We saw/heard 11 warbler species: Parula, FOS Chestnut-sided
(early date as expected 30 April according to all references), FOS Cape May (we
saw at least 3 - early locally as expected date is 28 Apr according to the
Birds of Lynchburg and Vicinity but 25 Apr according to the Gold Book for
Mountains & Valleys), FOS Black-throated Blue (early date for state as expected
30 April in Mountains & Valleys according to the Gold Book but locally
expected 25 Apr per Birds of Lynchburg), Yellow-rumpeD, FOS Black-throated
Green, Black-and-white, FOS Redstart, FOS Worm-eating, Ovenbird, & FOS Hooded.
Other FOS species: BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (locally an early date per the Birds of
Lynchburg as expected 30 Apr but already expected in state according to the
Gold Book), ACADIAN FLYCATCHER (early date as expected 30 April according to
the Birds of Lynchburg and 5 May per the Gold Book for the Mountains &
Valleys), & SCARLET TANAGER. Complete species list with numbers seen from eBird
follows.
Rexanne Bruno
Lynchburg, VA
PS Lynchburg birders: I'm at 143 as I added the above 10 FOS birds plus: wood
thrush, parula, ovenbird, & rose-breasted grosbeak. I did not count the pewee
listed below as only JoAnne & Susan heard it.
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Location: Bedford County, VA, US
Observation date: 4/28/09
Number of species: 45
Turkey Vulture 3
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 2
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Acadian Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 30
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 2
Common Raven 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Wood Thrush 12
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Parula 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 4
Cape May Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 6
American Redstart 3
Worm-eating Warbler 13
Ovenbird 20
Hooded Warbler 12
Scarlet Tanager 7
Eastern Towhee 5
Chipping Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4
American Goldfinch 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA)
