Red-tailed Hawk
Before heading over to the Roackfish Gap Hawk Watch open house, I did a quick stop at one of may favorite warbler sites on the parkway, the upper, south end of the cirque on the parkway (mm. 7.5). But it was really quiet, and then I saw why.
Red-tailed Hawk
It was fun to see lots of birding friends at the open house, but there weren't many raptors moving through today.
September 19Same drill today as yesterday, but today was quite different. I logged 18 avian species at the south end of the cirque, including 7 warbler species. One of them was a Blackpoll, my 40th warbler species photographed in 2021.
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Northern Parula
Northern Parula
Northern Parula
Tennessee Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwings
Indigo Bunting (note weak wing bars)
Scarlet Tanager
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
On my way to the hawk watch, I saw a Hooded Warbler along Route 610.
Hooded Warbler
Hawks and other raptors were more numerous today, and when a Black-throated Blue Warbler flew by, I got my 9th warbler species of the day. There were a few small kettles of Broad-winged Hawks.
Broad-winged Hawks
Broad-winged Hawks
Broad-winged Hawks
Broad-winged Hawks
Red-tailed Hawk
Osprey, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle