Birders,
Carole Miller, Andy Martin, and I walked this morning along Swift Shoals
Road alongside the Shenandoah River beginning at the Rt. 50 bridge. Amidst
the many Yellow-rumped Warblers and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers we found a
beautiful male Red-breasted Grosbeak. A Northern Parula sang high above. We
also watched a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers building their tiny nest in
the crook of a tree branch over the road. Cliff Swallows were tending to
nests on the bridge.The bluebells were spectacular.
Linda Millington
Upperville VA
