American Redstart
There were localized heavy thunderstorms overnight. I wanted to see if I could find any juvenile warblers up on the parkway, but I knew that Friday mornings during the summer can be busy, so I only birded on Route 610 between mm. 2 and mm. 4 of the parkway. The sky varied from bright sun to almost completely overcast, and the dense tree leaves were still wet from the rain, thus blocking even more light than usual. I was up there from 9:50 until 12:30, and although I logged 25 avian species, including 6 warbler species, it wasn't very "birdy." Most likely, I wouldn't have seen many other species up on the parkway.
I logged one Ovenbird and got only a single poor photo of it. I saw two male and one female Hooded Warblers, but only got photos of one of the males. I photographed a single Black and White Warbler that may have been a first summer male, and heard only one Pine Warbler. I saw a few Cerulean Warblers, and a couple of them were probably juveniles, but it was hard to tell - they might have been females. I saw a few male American Redstarts.
American Redstart
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Hooded Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Juvenile Downy Woodpecker
Juvenile Downy Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
The highlight of the morning was a male and a female Scarlet Tanager. They might have been a mated pair, but I saw them at least 1/4 mile apart. They were very cooperative letting me take some photos.
Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
This morning's list:
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wood Thrush
Ovenbird
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cerulean Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Pine Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Scarlet Tanager
Common Raven
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Red-eyed Vireo
Turkey Vulture
American Robin
Mourning Dove