Hello everyone!
Well, I sure gave it a long try but (there's that word again) a bit on the
tough side for finding birds. I sure hope Richmond Audubon fared better on
Saturday! I pulled out of my driveway at 3:20 A.M. figuring the early bird
story. But the worms must have slept late. Got home about 7 P.M. At the end
of the day I had a good laugh when I thought about a fishing buddy's tall tale.
We had run my boat about 160 miles, finally got back to the marina around 10
P.M. or so and had only two fish in the box! He turned and said to me "I know
now I should have said something this morning!". To which I replied "What?!
What are you talking about?" He said "I noticed this morning the cows were
facing the wrong way but man, I didn't want to say anything. I stopped
laughing about 5 minutes later with tears running down my face! We finished
cleaning the fish and boat, gave the filets to a friend who was stuck inside
and went home happy! Such is life.
So, after all that what did I see? One adult Male Scarlet Tanager, two Brown
Headed Cowbirds, One Black-Throated Blue Warbler, one Red-Tailed Hawk, three
Turkey Vulture, maybe two Red-Eyed Vireo, a Thrust of some type. (As soon as I
moved the camera it took off. It was near a beautiful stream coming down the
mountain.) and lastly, what looked like a Cuckoo. I did the trail (forest
road) twice, from top to bottom, drove the road to Apple Orchard Falls entrance
and ran well pass Roanoke, on the parkway, thinking maybe they were further
south. Just wasn't my day.
Got one usable photo if you care to have a look here is the link:
Along The Mountain Trail (Red-Eyed Vireo)
http://natures-finest-photography.com/gallery/song-birds-1a/along-the-mountain-trail-nfp-s/
Best birding! Happy Mother Day!
Les BrooksGlen Allen
