After a morning personal trip to Harrisonburg I decided to pick up the Skyline
Drive at Rt 33 and drive to Front Royal. Despite the afternoon timing I did hit
a few
quiet pockets of migrants. I had Common Ravens at practically every one
of my many stops. Surprisingly no Raptors despite seemingly great conditions.
Wild Turkey - mile 15
Red Tailed Hawk
Coopers Hawk - 2 active in woods ( vocalizing)
Chimney Swift
Ruby - Throated Hummingbird - Skyland Lodge
Yellow Billed Cuckoo ( vocalizing)
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood Peewee
Empidonax Flycatcher - quite a few
Blue Headed Vireo - mile 17.5 ( nice open trail head parking area )
Wood Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Northern Parula
Chestnut Sided Warbler
Magnolia
Cape May Warbler ( Pinnacles picnic area)
Black -Throated Blue
Blackburnian
Bay Breasted
Blackpoll
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Dave Young
Reston, Virgin
