First thing I heard when I stepped out of the car on Golf Course Road early
this morning was an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL. Good way to start a 50-species
morning here at Natural Bridge.
I listened for thrushes flying over at around dawn, and had a good flight of
SWAINSON'S THRUSHES. Right at sunrise I heard the flight call of a GRAY-CHEEKED
THRUSH coming from the bushes. Sure enough, one came out to a recording. This
is our 138th species for the property.
Over the course of the morning, I ran into a few good groups of warblers. The
biggest flock gave me NASHVILLE, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, CHESTNUT-SIDED, PALM,
and PINE WARBLERS. There were also good numbers of BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
and AMERICAN REDSTART, and one of each BLUE-WINGED and CANADA WARBLERS. There
was a total of 16 warbler species here this morning. Not bad!
Wes Teets
Buchanan, VA
Natural Bridge/Golf Course Rd Tract, Rockbridge, US-VA
Sep 16, 2013 5:47 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
50 species
Cooper's Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 3
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
White-eyed Vireo 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 3
Common Raven 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 7
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 17
Wood Thrush 6
Gray Catbird 6
Brown Thrasher 3
Cedar Waxwing 14
Ovenbird 2
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Hooded Warbler 2
American Redstart 4
Cape May Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Canada Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 6
Field Sparrow 3
Scarlet Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal 10
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 1
American Goldfinch 1
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15185757
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
