Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 4/30/18

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

It was a nice day to be out birding, but the vegetation up on the parkway is still at least a week away from supporting good birding. Hopefully, the very warm temperatures expected this week will make a huge difference in the greenery. I saw 24 avian species along the first 14 miles of the parkway, including exiting around mm. 2 onto parallel Route 610, and re-entering the parkway near mm 4 . I saw three warbler species on the parkway: American Redstart (at least 10), Worm-eating Warbler, and Hooded Warbler (3), as well as my first of season (FOS) Yellow-throated Vireo and my FOS Wood thrush (2).

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Worm-eating Warbler

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Worm-eating Warbler

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Worm-eating Warbler

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Worm-eating Warbler

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Hooded Warbler

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Hooded Warbler

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Hooded Warbler

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Hooded Warbler

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American Redstart

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American Redstart

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American Redstart

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Blue-headed Vireo

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Yellow-throated Vireo

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Yellow-throated Vireo

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Wood Thrushes

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Wood Thrush

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Eastern Towhee

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Red-tailed Hawk

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Sharp-shinned Hawk

I added 4 more species in Ridgeview Park in Waynesboro, and another 4 species back in Old Trail (Crozet), bringing my day's trip total to 32.

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Purple Martins

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Yellow-rumped Warbler


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