Central Virginia 4/23-24/2022

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

Old Trail; Crozet, VA; April 23

I wanted to see if any Yellow Warblers had shown up yet, but I was busy in the morning, so I did an early afternoon hike. I didn't see or hear any Yellow Warblers, but had two Common Yellowthroats, two Yellow-rumped Warblers, and heard one Pine Warbler.

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Common Yellowthroat

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Common Yellowthroat

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Yellow-rumped Warbler

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Yellow-rumped Warbler

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Yellow-rumped Warbler

Route 610, VA; April 24

With warm weather and Sunday tourists, I knew that the Blue Ridge Parkway would be busy, so I birded only along Route 610 between mm. 2 and mm. 4 of the parkway. I logged all seven of the warbler species that breed along that stretch, and they were in their usual locations. I got photos of five of these species. I heard and got a quick look at a Worm-eating Warbler, and heard a Black and White Warbler.

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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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Cerulean Warbler

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Cerulean Warbler

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Cerulean 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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Hooded Warbler

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Ovenbird

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Ovenbird

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Pine Warbler

I also saw my first of season Scarlet Tanager. It was a male that still had some of its non-breeding yellow plumage.

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Scarlet Tanager

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Scarlet Tanager


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