On a short walk on the AT in Clarke Co near Mt. Weather this morning I ran into
a nice mixed flock. It included a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET & a WILSON'S WARBLER.
The flock also included:
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
as well as a Downy Woodpecker, Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse and nearby,
a flock of Common Grackles.
With the exception of the Common Grackles most of these birds were doing some
heavy-duty gleaning in a dying Eastern Hemlock (due to wooly agelid).
Joe Coleman, near Bluemont, VA
540-554-2542 or jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx
