Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
We assumed that the rains had backed up migrating birds, and this morning's bright sunshine offered a good opportunity to look for migrating species. Walt Childs and I drove up to Hillandale Park in the Harrisonburg area, as a fair number of warbler species had been seen there earlier in the week. We were not disappointed, as we ended up with eight warbler species in the park, as well as some other interesting birds. Soon after we arrived, we thought that we saw a pair of Least Flycatchers - they were small birds with short wings, but they looked a bit too yellow to me to be Least Flycatchers. In fact, I thought that I saw the yellow breast of a warbler, and when I got my camera on the bird, it had its back to me, and I could see that it was a flycatcher. After processing the photos, I am fairly sure that both of them were rarer Yellow-bellied Flycatchers.
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black and White Warbler - note the yellow brown color from the leaf above its head
Black and White Warbler
Black and White Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Cape May Warbler
Canada Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray Catbird
American Robin
Northern Flicker
We continued birding in Rockingham County, and by the time we ended the day trip, we had seen 47 avian species. We saw a Broad-winged Hawk and an American Kestrel, but couldn't stop on the road to get any photos, but was able to stop for a juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk and a few other species.
Red-shouldered Hawk
Wood Duck