Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/9/2020

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

It was hot, humid, and hazy, and I got a late start to boot. When I finally arrived up on the parkway at 9:45, very few birds were singing, and the ones I did hear were difficult to locate in the dense foliage. I birded the first 13.5 miles of the parkway except for Route 610 between mile markers 2 and 4.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker

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Eastern Towhee

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Brown Thrasher

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Carolina Chickadee

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Red-eyed Vireo

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Common Raven

It was probably the way the tail on this Indigo Bunting was catching the light, but it sure looked white to me.

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Indigo Bunting

I saw a Cedar Waxwing feeding its mate.

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Cedar Waxwings

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Cedar Waxwings

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Cedar Waxwings

I ended up with 24 avian species, including 5 warbler species, but the Pine Warbler was a heard-only species. I saw Downy Woodpeckers near the nest cavity on Route 610, but their nest was quiet, so I assumed that the little one(s) I saw there five days ago have fledged.

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American Redstart

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American Redstart

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American Redstart

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American Redstart

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Hooded Warbler

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Ovenbird

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Cerulean Warbler


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