Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/28/19

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

I headed up to the Blue Ridge Parkway this morning in an attempt to find any late season migrating warblers. All of the migrating males have probably come and gone, but female warblers tend to follow, arriving after the males have found good nesting sites in their breeding territories. This morning, I extended my usual search, birding along the first 14 miles, to the first 23 miles of the parkway. I saw/heard seven regular breeding warblers there: American Redstart, Hooded, Cerulean, Ovenbird, Black and White, Worm-eating, and Chestnut-sided. In total I saw about 20 avian species. The Least Flycatcher I saw a few days ago at 3 Ridges Overlook (mm. 13) is still there.

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Least Flycatcher

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Red-eyed Vireo

I heard multiple American Redstarts, but heard only one Chestnut-sided Warbler and one Worm-eating Warbler. I saw/heard multiple birds of the other four warbler species, but most of my views of them were momentary.

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Hooded Warbler

However, one Ovenbird, one Black and White Warbler, and one Cerulean Warbler turned out to be very cooperative, and offered me the opportunity for multiple photos.

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Ovenbird

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Ovenbird

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Ovenbird

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Ovenbird

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Black and White Warbler

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Black and White Warbler

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Black and White Warbler

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Black and White Warbler

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Black and White Warbler

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Black and White Warbler

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Black and White Warbler

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Cerulean Warbler

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Cerulean Warbler

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Cerulean Warbler

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Cerulean Warbler

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Cerulean Warbler

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Cerulean Warbler

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Cerulean Warbler

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Cerulean Warbler


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