The weather yesterday was really poor - near freezing temperatures with rain, freezing rain, sleet, and fog, but there was a fall-out of waterbirds on the other side of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoah Valley. Today was only slightly better - temperatures in the low 40s with overcast skies and fairly brisk winds. Low clouds hung around the mountains like cotton. I started out here in Stoney Creek to see if any water birds were on the lake or ponds, but didn't see any, so I went over to the Rockfish Valley Trail.
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Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Large flock of Cedar Waxwings
Eastern Bluebird
Female Eastern Towhee
First year male Northrn Cardinal
American Goldfinches
This morning's RV Trail list:
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
I did a little more birding here in Stoney Creek, adding 8 more avian species, bringing my Rockfish Valley day list to 31 species: Pileated Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Canada Goose, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Chickadee, Black Vulture, Blue Jay, and Northern Flicker.
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