Ten birders led by Laura Weidner and Mary Ann Good found 46 species Saturday
morning at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship, highlighted
by an early Broad-winged Hawk, 2 Kestrel, and 3 Worm-eating Warblers at two
locations. At the fire station where we met, we also enjoyed watching 2 men
from Pennsylvania releasing groups of homing pigeons, that swirled into the
sky and headed north! (We didn't include them in our count!) Pewees were
the bird seen and heard everywhere.
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 12
Canada Goose - 150
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 1
Am. Kestrel - 2
Mourning Dove - 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3
Chimney Swift - 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Pileated Woodpecker - 6
E. Wood-Pewee - 15+
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
E. Phoebe - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
E. Kingbird - 3
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 10
Blue Jay - 2
Am. Crow - 4
Tree Swallow - 2
Barn Swallow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 4
Tufted Titmouse - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 4
E. Bluebird - 2
Gray Catbird - 4
No. Mockingbird - 6
E. Starling - 15
Cedar Waxwing - 2
Worm-eating Warbler - 3
Ovenbird - 1
Scarlet Tanager - 1 juvenile
E. Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 6
Field Sparrow - 5
No. Cardinal - 12
Indigo Bunting - 9
Baltimore Oriole - 2
Orchard Oriole - 1
House Finch - 1
Am. Goldfinch - 25
House Sparrow - 5
Mary Ann Good
