Jo Wood, Phyllis Jones, Cinda Hurt and I birded around Fleming Mountain from
Rocky Mountain Road (Local Route 657 which runs into US 501 below Coleman
Falls) in Bedford County this morning, May 8, 2008. There were a few raindrops
but it was mostly dry with the sun even trying to break through the clouds
mid-morning. We only saw/heard 36 species but it was definitely a quality not
quantity birding day. Personal highlights: FOS (first-of-season) YELLOW-BILLED
CUCKOO, SCARLET TANAGER, WORM-EATING WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and BARRED OWL.
We saw/heard eight warblers; the others recorded were: NORTHERN PARULA,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, OVENBIRD, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, and COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT. A brilliant male SCARLET TANAGER was very cooperative; he sang
and flitted about in the top of one tree for at least five minutes while
everyone got their binocs on him. We would have missed the BARRED OWL if we
hadn't backed up to look at an unusual tree; there it was sitting at eye-level
in that tree for all of us to see. Surprisingly we only saw one cowbird all
morning.
Complete species list follows.
Rexanne Bruno
Lynchburg, VA
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Location: Fleming Mtn-Rocky Mtn Rd
Observation date: 5/8/08
Number of species: 36
Canada Goose X
Turkey Vulture 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Barred Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Pileated Woodpecker X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X
Eastern Phoebe X
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
Carolina Wren X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X
Eastern Bluebird X
Wood Thrush X
European Starling X
Northern Parula 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat X
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee X
Chipping Sparrow X
Field Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Indigo Bunting X
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
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