Central Virginia 9/3/2021

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

The wind calmed a bit, so I headed back up to Route 610 and the Blue Ridge Parkway to look for warblers. I heard two Hooded Warblers along Route 610, and encountered a small flock of warblers up at the south, upper end of the cirque on the parkway (mm. 7.5).

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Black-throated Green Warbler

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Black-throated Green Warbler

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Black-throated Green Warbler

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Black-throated Green Warbler

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Black-throated Green Warbler

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Black-throated Green Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

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Blackburnian Warbler

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Blackburnian Warbler

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Blackburnian Warbler

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Blackburnian Warbler

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Blackburnian Warbler

I ended up with 19 avian species on the parkway and Route 610.

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Downy Woodpecker

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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

From there, I went to Ridgeview Park in Waynesboro where I added 15 "park bird" species to my day list, but no warblers.

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Gray Catbird

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Red-bellied Woodpecker

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Red-spotted Purple Admiral

I also saw a rather mangy fox that looks to be slightly injured.

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Fox


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