Hello, birders.
I hiked parts of the Limberlost Trail and White Oak Canyon Trail on Saturday.
I found a variety of migrants and the weather was beautiful. Hung out on the
waterfall for a while looking for butterflies. I had one flock of migrants
that I watched for about an hour near the intersection of the above mentioned
trails. There must have been abundant insect prey for them to not have moved
on. At least some birds were still there when I passed through a couple of
hours later. Migrants:
Red-shouldered Hawk, 1
Blue-headed Vireo, 6
Brown Creeper, 1 (1st of fall)
R.c. Kinglet, 5
Swainson's Thrush - long looks. 4 together, 1 of them singing softly.
warblers
Tennessee, 3. Cape May, 2. B.t. Blue, 2. B.t. Green, 6. Blackpoll, 5.
Rose-br. Grosbeak, 1
Com. Grackle, flock of approx. 100
Also lots of Towhees and Juncos (apparently the local Carolina race).
Scott Baron
Fairfax, Va.
