Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/6-8/2021

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

August 6

The parkway was very busy with traffic, so I limited my birding to Route 610 between mm. 2 and mm. 4 of the parkway, and ended up with 21 avian species, including 4 warbler species: American Redstart (2), Hooded, Cerulean, and Black and White (2).

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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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American Redstart

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American Redstart

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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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Indigo Bunting

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Red-eyed Vireo

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Red-eyed Vireo

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Red-eyed Vireo

August 8

I did the same route as two days ago, but as I did not hear as much traffic on the parkway, I drove up there as well. However, there was enough traffic on the parkway to drive the birds a good distance away from the road, and I only saw a few birds up there. I ended up with 19 avian species this morning, including 4 warbler species: American Redstart (2), Hooded (2), Cerulean (2), and Ovenbird.

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Hooded Warbler

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Hooded Warbler

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Ovenbird

At one point, I got a quick look at a warbler and my first thought was Blue-winged. I was only able to get some partial bird photos, but now think that it was a female Hooded.

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Hooded Warbler

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Red-eyed Vireos

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Eastern Towhee

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Eastern Towhee

I saw three Scarlet Tanagers: an immature, a female, and a molting male.

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Scarlet Tanager

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Scarlet Tanager

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Scarlet Tanager

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Scarlet Tanager

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Scarlet Tanager

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Scarlet Tanager


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