Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 4/23/2024

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

It was a beautiful day to be out birding - cool, crisp air and bright sunny skies. I ended up with five or six warbler species: American Redstart, Black and White, Cerulean, Hooded, Ovenbird (heard only), and I might have heard a Worm-eating Warbler, but could not confirm it. I did not see or hear a Pine Warbler, but spent very little time looking for one. Cerulean Warblers were at the top of the cirque (mm. 7-1/2) and near mm. 12-1/2.

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American Redstart

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Hooded 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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Blue-headed Vireo

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Scarlet Tanager

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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

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Brown-headed Cowbird with nape feathers raised

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