I made my first trip to Thompson WMA this morning, mainly on Trillium Trial and
Upper Ted. I managed to see one of my target birds, Kentucky Warbler, and heard
4-5 others, but was skunked on Cerulean Warblers, my other target bird.
However, a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher seen and heard a hundred yards down from
the Upper Ted parking lot was welcome compensation; my first in Virginia. The
mountainside was lousy with Acadian Flycatchers, American Redstarts and
Red-eyed Vireos. I saw 2 Hooded Warblers and heard two others. Also heard a
Ruffed Grouse drumming, and a Red-tailed hawk screeching. I also made a very
brief foray into Sky Meadows SP, but decided not to get tangled up with the
Strawberry Festival that was underway. With the traffic, it was possible to see
species that weren't on the mountaintops, like a Blue Grosbeak at the parking
lot of the Bridle Trail.
Scott Priebe
Springfield
Thompson WMA
Ruffed Grouse
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Chestnut-sided Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
Sky Meadows S.P.
Canada Goose
Turkey Vulture
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
House Sparrow
