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Essays, Articles, and Interviews


See photos and read about the discovery of the first recorded Smith's Longspur in Virginia.

See photos and read about three Red-shouldered Hawk chicks growing from birth to fledglings.

See photos and read about a Rough-legged Hawk defending its territory.

Essay: My Passion for Wildlife Photography

Article: My Brother Dave

Photo essay: The Winter of 2009/2010

Audio Interview on NPR (skip to a little past the middle of the broadcast download)

Read my article on the Rockfish Valley Trail and the Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch in the October 2010 issue of Birder's World magazine

My Design for a Universal Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder Post

Read my article on the spectacular autumn 2010 birding here on the Rockfish Valley Trail and the Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch on the Birder's World magazine blog

Announcements and Upcoming Events

July 13, 2023; 7:00 p.m.; Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge, Charlottesville, VA; Birds of Australia and New Zealand presentation

Current Month Field Reports - Report Headline

March 2024
Central Virginia 3/4-17/2024 - 54 avian species
Crozet, VA 2/26-3/2/2024 - 36 avian species

Prior Months Field Reports - Report Headline

February 2024
Crozet, VA 2/26/2024 - Pine Siskins!
Crozet, VA 2/13-22/2024 - Pine Warbler!
Central Virginia 2/2-9/2024 - Raptors!

January 2024
Costa Rica and Panama 1/5-18/2024 - 129 avian species plus more!
Crozet, VA 1/3/2024 - Cackling Goose!
Crozet, VA 1/1/2024 - Snow Goose!

December 2023
2023 Best of year wildlife photos!
Crozet, VA 12/28-31/2023 - 38 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/21-25/2023 - 32 avian species; Fox Sparrow!
Stuarts Draft, VA 12/20/2023 - Lapland Longspur!
Crozet, VA 12/13-16/2023 - 34 avian species plus more
Crozet, VA 12/3-9/2023 - Hybrid Goose!
Crozet, VA 11/27 -12/1/2023 - 41 avian species; Ross's Goose!

November 2023
Crozet, VA 11/27 -28/2023 - Ross's Goose!
Crozet, VA 11/6 -9/2023 - 39 avian species

October 2023
Central Virginia 10/23-28/2023 - 42 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/23/2023 - 24 avian species; Lincoln's Sparrow!
Crozet, VA 10/20/2023 - 32 avian species; Connecticut Warbler
Crozet, VA 10/19/2023 - 30 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/9 -18/2023 - 30+ avian species
Central Virginia 9/29 -10/8/2023 - 30+ avian species

September 2023
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/28/2023 - 6+ warbler species
Crozet, VA 9/24-27/2023 - 7 warbler species
Central Virginia 9/24/2023 - 2 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/22/2023 - 4 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/20/2023 - 5 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/18/2023 - 6 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/13-17/2023 - 9/10 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/12/2023 - 5 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/11/2023 - 9 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/8/2023 - 4 warbler species

August 2023
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/30/2023 - 9 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/17-27/2023 - 4 warbler species
Central Virginia 8/15-16/2023 - 8 warbler species
Central Virginia 7/23/2023 -8/14/2023 - a few species

July 2023
Southwestern North Carolina 7/27-30/2023 - Juvenile Swainson's Warbler!
Central Virginia 7/9-21/2023 - 5 warbler species; swallow hybrids?
Central Virginia 6/27/2023-7/6/2023 - a few species

June 2023
Swoope, VA 6/24/2023 - 31 avian species
Central Virginia 6/10-15/2023 - warblers; White-rumped Sandpipers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/5-8/2023 - 8 warbler species!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/6/2023 - American Redstart chicks!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/1/2023 - Kentucky Warbler!

May 2023
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/31/2023 - Kentucky Warbler!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/28/2023 - 5 warbler species; Barred Owl
Reddish Knob, VA 5/25/2023 - 14 warbler species including Mourning; Red Crossbills!
Central Virginia 5/21-23/2023 - warblers and bear!
Crozet, VA 5/12-20/2023 - 36 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/11/2023 - 6 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/5-6/2023 - 7 warbler species; unusual sky feature
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/4/2023 - 7 warbler species
Crozet, VA 5/2-3/2023 - 29 avian species

April 2023
Crozet, VA 4/27/2023 - 20+ avian species
Central Virginia 4/23-26/2023 - 8 warbler species
Central Virginia 4/13-21/2023 - 10 warbler species
Albemarle County, VA 4/11-12/2023 - 6 warbler species
Central Virginia 4/6-9/2023 - 42 avian species
Crozet, VA 4/2-5/2023 - 38 avian species

March 2023
Central Virginia 3/28-31/2023 - 47 avian species
Crozet, VA 3/25-27/2023 - 44/45 avian species
Crozet, VA 3/18-24/2023 - 43 avian species
Crozet, VA 3/11-16/2023 - 34 avian species
Central Virginia 3/4-9/2023 - 41 avian species
Crozet, VA 2/26/2023 - 3/2/2023 - 33 avian species

February 2023
Crozet, VA 2/19-24/2023 - 34 avian species
Crozet, VA 2/13-16/2023 - 31 avian species; Red-shouldered Hawks!
Crozet, VA 2/8-10/2023 - 33 avian species
Crozet, VA 2/5/2023 - 34 avian species
Crozet, VA 2/3/2023 - 26 avian species
Central Virginia 1/18/2023 - 2/2/2023 - Multiple species

January 2023
Rafine, VA 1/24/2023 - Eurasian Wigeons!
Rockfish Valley, VA 1/5/2023 - Aneumelanistic Carolina Chickadee!

December 2022
2022 Best of year wildlife photos!
Lake Shenandoah 12/5/2022 - MacGillivray's Warbler!

November 2022
Crozet, VA 11/21/2022 - 30 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/7-16/2022 - 38 avian species
Central Virginia 11/1-4/2022 - 39 avian species

October 2022
Crozet, VA 10/24-29/2022 - 33 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/16-21/2022 - 34 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/9-14/2022 - 40+ avian species
Crozet, VA 10/7/2022 - Clay-colored Sparrow!
Central Virginia 10/3-5/2022 - Warblers and Raptors!

September 2022
Central Virginia 9/26-30/2022 - 6 warbler species; Merlin!
Central Virginia 9/20-23/2022 - 6 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/18/2022 - Wilson's Warbler!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/13-16/2022 - warblers and hawks!
Crozet, VA 9/12/2022 - a few birds
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/9/2022 - 11 warbler species; Red-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/7/2022 - 6 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/4/2022 - 2 warbler species
Central Virginia 9/1-2/2022 - 5 warbler species

August 2022
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/30/2022 - Golden-winged Warbler!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/26/2022 - 2 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/22/2022 - 3 warbler species

July 2022
Crozet, VA 7/17/2022 - DC Cormorant
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/15/2022 - 6 warbler species; Scarlet Tanagers!
Crozet, VA 7/13/2022 - 20 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/11/2022 - 5 warbler species; Barred Owl!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/7/2022 - 5 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/5/2022 - 4 warbler species
Crozet, VA 6/13-7/3/2022 - a few species

June 2022
Crozet, VA 6/8-9/2022 - ~20 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/3/2022 - 8 warbler species

May 2022
Crozet, VA 5/29-30/2022 - birds and snakes
Crozet, VA 5/22-26/2022 - 30+ avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/19/2022 - 8 warbler species
Reddish Knob, VA 5/17/2022 - Red Crossbills; 13 warbler species!
Crozet, VA 5/16/2022 - 5 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/12-15/2022 - 11 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/10-11/2022 - 14 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/9/2022 - 6 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/8/2022 - Barred Owl; 10 warbler species
Crozet, VA 5/7/2022 - 2 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/5/2022 - 13/14 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/3/2022 - 6 warbler species
Crozet, VA 5/2/2022 - 5 warbler species

April 2022
Crozet, VA 4/28/2022 - Northern Waterthrush; Blue Grosbeak!
Central Virginia 4/27/2022 - 4 warbler species
Crozet, VA 4/25-26/2022 - 7 warbler species
Central Virginia 4/23-24/2022 - 9 warbler species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA 4/22/2022 - 3 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 4/21/2022 - 3 warbler species
Crozet, VA 4/17/2022 - 4 warbler species
Crozet, VA 4/15/2022 - Blue Grosbeak!
Central Virginia 4/13-14/2022 - birds; flowers, snakes
Crozet, VA 4/11-12/2022 - 34 avian species
Crozet, VA 4/10/2022 - 32 avian species
Central Virginia 4/5-8/2022 - YT Warbler; Osprey, ducks
Crozet, VA 4/3/2022 - 34 avian species

March 2022
Crozet, VA 3/30/2022 - Blue-winged Teals
Crozet, VA 3/29/2022 - 35 avian species
Crozet, VA 3/24-26/2022 - 30+ avian species
Crozet, VA 3/22/2022 - 34 avian species; unusual Sapsucker!
Crozet, VA 3/20/2022 - 32 avian species
Central Virginia 3/15-16/2022 - 30+ avian species
Crozet, VA 3/14/2022 - 27 avian species
Crozet, VA 3/13/2022 - 30 avian species
Crozet, VA 3/6-11/2022 - 42 avian species
Central Virginia 3/1-4/2022 - a few birds

February 2022
Crozet, VA 2/26/2022 - 29 avian species
Crozet, VA 2/20/2022 - mating Red-shouldered Hawks
Hilton Head, SC 2/7-12/2022 - 76 avian species
Crozet, VA 1/31-2/2/2022 - 25+ avian species

January 2022
Crozet, VA 1/24-25/2022 - 25 avian species
Crozet, VA 1/23/2022 - Unusual birds!
Crozet, VA 1/20-21/2022 - Possible Cassiar Juncos!
Crozet, VA 1/18-19/2022 - Possible Cassiar Juncos!
Crozet, VA 1/18/2022 - Snow birds!
Crozet, VA 1/12-14/2022 - 34 avian species
Crozet, VA 1/2-11/2022 - 20+ avian species

December 2021
Crozet, VA 12/31/2021 - 24 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/28/2021 - 31 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/27/2021 - Brown Creeper
Crozet, VA 12/21/2021 - 32 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/20/2021 - 15 avian species
Albemarle County, VA CBC 12/19/2020 - 23 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/16-17/2021 - 25 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/15/2021 - 30 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/12-13/2021 - 32 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/9-10/2021 - a few species
Crozet, VA 12/7/2021 - 30 avian species; 8-point buck!
Crozet, VA 12/3/2021 - 34 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/30-12/2/2021 - 33 avian species

November 2021
Crozet, VA 11/26-28/2021 - 28 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/23/2021 - 23 avian species
Central Virginia 11/21-22/2021 - Northern Harrier
Crozet, VA 11/18-19/2021 - 21 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/16-17/2021 - 34 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/14/2021 - 31 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/12/2021 - 18 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/7/2021 - 34 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/5/2021 - Fox Sparrow!
Crozet, VA 11/4/2021 - 35 avian species; Warblers!
Crozet, VA 11/3/2021 - 33 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/1/2021 - 24 avian species

October 2021
Crozet, VA 10/27-31/2021 - 32 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/26/2021 - 24 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/25/2021 - 24 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/22/2021 - 30 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/20-21/2021 - 32 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/19/2021 - 4 warbler species
Central Virginia 10/18/2021 - 5 sparrow species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/13-14/2021 - 4 warbler species
Crozet, VA 10/11/2021 - 21 avian species
Central Virginia 10/8/2021 - 4 warbler species
Crozet, VA 10/4-5/2021 - 4 warbler species
Central Virginia 10/1-3/2021 - 7 warbler species

September 2021
Central Virginia 9/27-30/2021 - 7 warbler species
Central Virginia 9/24-26/2021 - a few warbler species
Central Virginia 9/20-21/2021 - 11 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/19/2021 - 9 warbler species
Central Virginia 9/14-17/2021 - 36 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/13/2021 - 7 warbler species
Central Virginia 9/10/2021 - 3 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/7-8/2021 - 4 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/6/2021 - 3 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/5/2021 - 7 warbler species
Central Virginia 9/3/2021 - 4 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/2/2021 - 6 warbler species

August 2021
Central Virginia 8/29-31/2021 - A few birds
Central Virginia 8/26-27/2021 - Frog, flycatcher, and fox!
Central Virginia 8/26/2021 - Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/25/2021 - Olive-sided Flycatcher!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/23/2021 - a few birds
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/20-22/2021 - a few warblers
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/19/2021 - 33 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/18/2021 - 7 warbler species
Crozet, VA 8/17/2021 - 26 avian species
Crozet, VA 8/16/2021 - after the storms
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/10-13/2021 - a few warblers
Crozet, VA 8/9/2021 -Green Herons and Great Egret!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/6-8/2021 - 5 warbler species
Central Virginia 8/3-5/2021 - Hawks and warblers
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/2/2021 - Warblers; Scarlet Tanager
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/1/2021 - 7 warbler species

July 2021
Crozet, VA 7/30/2021 - Blue Grosbeaks!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/29/2021 - Warblers and Vireos!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/28/2021 - Kentucky Warblers!
St. Louis, MO and Seattle, WA 7/19-23/2021 - 31 avian species
Flagpole and Reddish Knobs, VA 7/15/2021 - 6 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/13/2021 - 7 warbler species
Crozet, VA 7/12/2021 - Unusual(?) Crows
Fulks Run, VA 7/10/2021 - Screech-Owls!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/10/2021 - 7 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/7/2021 - Cerulean Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/6/2021 - 7 warbler species
Crozet, VA 7/5/2021 - Unusual Finch
Central Virginia 7/3-4/2021 - Some good photos!

June 2021
Reddish Knob, VA/WVA 6/28/2021 - 9 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/23/2021 - Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/21/2021 - 6 warbler species
Crozet, VA 6/19-20/2021 - 35 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/17/2021 - 7 warbler species
Blue Grass, VA 6/15/2021 - Golden-winged Warbler
Crozet, Virginia 6/14/2021 - 25 avian species
Crozet, Virginia 6/13/2021 - Western Park breeders
Crozet, Virginia 6/9/2021 - 3 warbler species
Central Virginia 6/8/2021 - Prairie Warblers
Augusta County, VA 6/6/2021 - 8 warbler species
Central Virginia 6/2-3/2021 - 7 warbler species
Reddish Knob, VA 6/1/2021 - 11 warbler species

May 2021
Crozet, Virginia 5/31/2021 - 22 avian species
Crozet, Virginia 5/30/2021 - 3 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/22/2021 - 22 avian species
Warren Ferry, Virginia 5/25/2021 - Prothonotary Warbler
Central Virginia 5/23-24/2021 - 7 warbler species
Southeast Arizona 5/6-11/2021 - 132 avian species
Crozet, Virginia 5/2/2021 - Kentucky Warbler
Central Virginia 5/1/2021 - 8 warbler species

April 2021
Crozet, VA 4/29/2021 - 4 warbler species
Central Virginia 4/27-28/2021 - 10 warbler species; Yellow-crowned Night-Heron; Ospreys!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 4/26/2021 - 7 warbler species; Barred Owl!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 4/25/2021 - 20 avian species
Central Virginia 4/23-24/2021 - Green Herons; warblers
Waynesboro, VA 4/22/2021 - 22 avian species
Crozet, VA 4/21/2021 - warblers and eaglets
Central Virginia 4/19-20/2021 - 4 warbler species
Central Virginia 4/18/2021 - 31 avian species; Hawks; Pileated Woodpeckers
Crozet, VA 4/16-17/2021 - 40 avian species
Central Virginia 4/15/2021 - 33 avian species
Central Virginia 4/13/2021 - 27 avian species
Crozet, VA 4/12/2021 - Pine Warbler close encounter
Crozet, VA 4/11/2021 - Waterfowl, Palm Warbler, Garter Snake
Crozet, VA 4/10/2021 - 31 avian species
Central Virginia 4/7-8/2021 - 37 avian species
Central Virginia 4/6/2021 - 25 avian species
Albemarle County, VA 4/5/2021 - Yellow-throated Warbler!
Central Virginia 4/4/2021 - 30 avian species
Crozet, VA 4/3/2021 - 43 avian species; Osprey!

March 2021
Crozet, VA 3/31/2021 - 37 avian species; FOS BHVireo, Brown Thrasher, Rusty Blackbirds
Central Virginia 3/30/2021 - Black-crowned Sapsucker! Cooper's Hawk nest!
Crozet, VA 3/29/2021 - 26 avian species
Crozet, VA 3/27/2021 - 32 avian species
Waynesboro, VA 3/25/2021 - 26 avian species; Cooper's Hawk, Bald Eagle, Louisiana Waterthrush
Crozet, VA 3/23/2021 - 36 avian species
Crozet, VA 3/22/2021 - 34 avian species
Crozet, VA 3/21/2021 - 32 avian species
Crozet, VA 3/10/2021 - 30 avian species
Crozet, VA 3/2-9/2021 - Hooded Mergansers

February 2021
Stuarts Draft, VA 2/25/2021 - 23 avian species
Crozet, VA 2/21/2021 - 30 avian species; Goldeneyes, Canvasback!
Crozet, VA 2/17/2021 - 26 avian species; Hawks!
Crozet, VA 2/16/2021 - 22 avian species
Crozet, VA 2/14/2021 - Ice Birds!
Crozet, VA 2/9/2021 - 32 avian species; American Woodcock!
Crozet, VA 2/8/2021 - 34 avian species
Crozet, VA 2/6/2021 - 26 avian species
Crozet, VA 2/3-4/2021 - 42 avian species; Red-shouldered Hawks!

January 2021
Crozet, VA 1/30/2021 - 32 avian species; Cooper's Hawk!
Crozet, VA 1/28/2021 - 21 avian species; Red-breasted Nuthatch
Crozet, VA 1/23-27/2021 - 31 avian species
Crozet, VA 1/19/2021 - 22 avian species
Central Virginia 1/15-17/2021 - 26 avian species
Crozet, VA 1/13/2021 - 30 avian species
Crozet, VA 1/12/2021 - 32 avian species
Crozet, VA 1/9-10/2021 - 32 avian species
Crozet, VA 1/7/2021 - 26 avian species
Crozet, VA 1/6/2021 - 32 avian species
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 1/4/2021 - Snowy Owl!
Crozet, VA 1/2/2021 - 26 avian species

December 2020
Crozet, VA 12/31/2020 - 26 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/30/2020 - 34 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/29/2020 - 24 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/27/2020 - 29 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/22-23/2020 - 33 avian species, Jupiter-Saturn conjunction
Stuarts Draft, VA 12/21/2020 - Raptors!
Albemarle County, VA CBC 12/20/2020 - 27 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/19/2020 - 24 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/17/2020 - 27 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/13-15/2020 - 33 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/12/2020 - 34 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/7-11/2020 - 35 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/5-6/2020 - 28 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/3-4/2020 - 40 avian species
Swoope, VA 12/2/2020 - 38 avian species

November 2020
Crozet, VA 11/30/2020 - 23 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/29/2020 - 23 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/27/2020 - Merlin!
Crozet, VA 11/25-26/2020 - 38 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/24/2020 - 26 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/22/2020 - 35 avian species; Pine Siskins!
Central Virginia 11/20-21/2020 - Rough-legged Hawk
Crozet, VA 11/20/2020 - Intergrade Flicker re-visited
Crozet, VA 11/18-19/2020 - Northern Parula! Hybrid Flicker!
Crozet, VA 11/17/2020 - 18 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/14-16/2020 - a few birds
Crozet, VA 11/13/2020 - 33 avian species
Augusta County, VA 11/10/2020 - Calliope Hummingbird!
Crozet, VA 11/9/2020 - FOS Winter Wren
Crozet, VA 11/8/2020 - 26 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/7/2020 - 25 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/6/2020 - Tennessee Warblers!
Crozet, VA 11/5/2020 - Evening Grosbeaks!
Crozet, VA 11/3-4/2020 - Nashville Warbler
Crozet, VA 11/1-2/2020 - 25 avian species

October 2020
Crozet, VA 10/31/2020 - Orange-crowned Warbler!
Crozet, VA 10/30/2020 - 25 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/28/2020 - 36 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/27/2020 - 10 sparrow species!
Crozet, VA 10/26/2020 - warblers and sparrows!
Crozet, VA 10/24/2020 - 31 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/22/2020 - Vesper Sparrow!
Crozet, VA 10/20/2020 - warblers and sparrows!
Crozet, VA 10/19/2020 - 33 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/18/2020 - 36 avian species
Central Virginia 10/17/2020 - 32 avian species
Waynesboro, VA 10/15/2020 - 4 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/14/2020 - 3 warbler species
Central Virginia 10/13/2020 - 9 warbler species
Crozet, VA 10/12/2020 - Connecticut Warbler!
Crozet, VA 10/9/2020 - Warblers and Sparrows; Lincoln's Sparrow
Crozet, VA 10/8/2020 - Warblers!
Crozet, VA 10/7/2020 - 20 avian species
Route 610, VA 10/6/2020 - 5 warbler species; Juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker
Central Virginia 10/5/2020 - 8 warbler species
Route 610, VA 10/4/2020 - 6 warbler species; Philadelphia Vireo; Black-billed Cuckoo
Central Virginia 10/3/2020 - 8 warbler species
Crozet, VA 10/2/2020 - 5 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/1/2020 - 4(5?) warbler species

September 2020
Route 610, VA 9/30/2020 - 4 warbler species
Crozet, VA 9/27/2020 - 25 avian species
Crozet, VA 9/26/2020 - 30 avian species
Central Virginia 9/23-24/2020 - 12 warbler species; Philadelphia Vireo
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/22/2020 - 10 warbler species; Gray-cheeked Thrush
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/20/2020 - 11 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/19/2020 - 9 warbler species
Route 610, VA 9/16/2020 - 8 warbler species; Gray-cheeked Thrush
Route 610, VA 9/15/2020 - 12 warbler species; Philadelphia Vireo
Route 610, VA 9/14/2020 - 8 warbler species
Route 610, VA 9/13/2020 - 17 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/11/2020 - 9 warbler species
Central Virginia 9/10/2020 - 23 avian species
Route 610, VA 9/8-9/2020 - 9 warbler species; Red-breasted Nuthatch
Route 610, VA 9/7/2020 - 4 warbler species
Route 610, VA 9/6/2020 - 6 warbler species
Route 610, VA 9/5/2020 - 7 warbler species; Yellow-billed Cuckoos
Route 610, VA 9/3/2020 - 10 warbler species
Central Virginia 9/1-2/2020 - 6 warbler species

August 2020
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/30/2020 - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, 6 warbler species, bear!
Central Virginia 8/26-28/2020 - a few species
Central Virginia 8/25/2020 - 27 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/24/2020 - 5 warbler species
Central Virginia 8/22-23/2020 - 30+ avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/20/2020 - 4 warbler species
Crozet, VA 8/19/2020 - 16 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/18/2020 - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/17/2020 - Olive-sided and Great Crested Flycatchers!
Crozet, VA 8/12/2020 - 21 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/10/2020 - 5 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/9/2020 - 5 warbler species
Crozet, VA 8/8/2020 - Unusual Eastern Kingbird
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/4-5/2020 - 5 warbler species
Crozet, VA 8/1/2020 - 23 avian species

July 2020
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/30/2020 - Mixed warbler flock
Route 610, VA 7/29/2020 - 22 avian species; butterflies and moths
Route 610, VA 7/28/2020 - Kentucky Warbler!
Route 610, VA 7/25/2020 - 5 warbler species
Crozet, VA 7/23/2020 - Blue Grosbeaks!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/21/2020 - Cerulean Warblers!
Central Virginia 7/19/2020 - a few birds; Comet Neowise!
Crozet, VA 7/14/2020 - Blue Grosbeaks
Crozet, VA 7/13/2020 - 24 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/12/2020 - 5 warbler species
Crozet, VA 7/11/2020 - 22 avian species
Crozet, VA 7/7,9/2020 - 32 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/8/2020 - 6 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/5/2020 - 6 warbler species
Crozet, VA 7/3/2020 - Blue Grosbeaks
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/2/2020 - 6 warbler species

June 2020
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/29/2020 - 7 warbler species
Crozet, VA 6/27-28/2020 - 34 species
Allegheny Mountains, VA/WVA 6/25/2020 - 44 species
Crozet, VA 6/23-24/2020 - 20 to 25 species
Swoope, VA 6/22/2020 - 34 species; Bobolinks, Hawk!
Crozet, VA 6/21/2020 - 24 species
Crozet, VA 6/20/2020 - 33 species
Crozet, VA 6/18/2020 - 32 species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/15/2020 - 6 warbler species
Crozet, VA 6/14/2020 - 27 species
Crozet, VA 6/12/2020 - 30 species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/9/2020 - 24 species
Swoope, VA 6/8/2020 - 44 species
Crozet, VA 6/7/2020 - 22 species
Central Virginia 6/6/2020 - 10 warbler species
Crozet, VA 6/5/2020 - a few species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/4/2020 - Downy Woodpeckers!
Reddish Knob VA 6/2/2020 - Red Crossbills; 11 warbler species!
Crozet, VA 6/1/2020 - 25 species

May 2020
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/31/2020 - 8 warbler species
Crozet, VA 5/30/2020 - 24 species
Central Virginia 5/29/2020 - 5 warbler species
Crozet, VA 5/28/2020 - 34 species
Central Virginia 5/26-27/2020 - 11 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/25/2020 - 8 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/24/2020 - 10 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/23/2020 - 8 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/22/2020 - 8 warbler species
Crozet, VA 5/21/2020 - Alder Flycatcher!
Central Virginia 5/20/2020 - 10 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/18/2020 - 8 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/17/2020 - 30 species
Crozet, VA 5/16/2020 - 29 species
Central Virginia 5/15/2020 - 7 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/14/2020 - 7 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/13/2020 - Clay-colored Sparrow!
Crozet, VA 5/12/2020 - 35 species
Central Virginia 5/11/2020 - 6 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/10/2020 - 10 warbler and 5 thrush species!
Crozet, VA 5/8/2020 - 34 species
Central Virginia 5/7/2020 - 12 warbler species!
Crozet, VA 5/6/2020 - 39 species; Kentucky Warblers!
Crozet, VA 5/5/2020 - 17 species
Central Virginia 5/4/2020 - 10 warbler species
Crozet, VA 5/3/2020 - 38 species; warblers!
Crozet, VA 5/2/2020 - 25 species
Central Virginia 5/1/2020 - 10 warbler species

April 2020
Central Virginia 4/29/2020 - 9 warbler species
Crozet, VA 4/28/2020 - 40 species; 6 warbler species
Central Virginia 4/26-27/2020 - 6 warbler species
Crozet, VA 4/25/2020 - unusual(?) sandpiper
Crozet, VA 4/24/2020 - 27 species
Crozet, VA 4/23/2020 - 41 species; Osprey!
Central Virginia 4/22/2020 - 35 species; 6 warblers and 2 vireos
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 4/20/2020 - 26 avian species; Broad-winged Hawk; Ovenbird
Central Virginia 4/19/2020 - 41 species; 4 warblers and 2 vireos
Crozet, VA 4/18/2020 - 26 species; FOY Eastern Kingbird
Central Virginia 4/17/2020 - 23 species
Crozet, VA 4/16/2020 - 41 species; Eagles, Osprey, Sharp-Shinned Hawk, warblers
Crozet, VA 4/15/2020 - 43 species; Osprey, ducks, warblers
Central Virginia 4/14/2020 - Ruby-crowned Kinglets!
Central Virginia 4/12-13/2020 - storm birds!
Crozet, VA 4/10-11/2020 - 40 species
Crozet, VA 4/9/2020 - 27 species; BGGnatcatchers; Flickers!
Crozet, VA 4/8/2020 - 26 species; Louisiana Waterthrushes; Common Yellowthroat
Crozet, VA 4/7/2020 - 22 species; Louisiana Waterthrushes; Pine Warblers
Crozet, VA 4/6/2020 - 32 species
Augusta and Nelson Counties, VA 4/5/2020 - 32 species
Crozet, VA 4/4/2020 - 24 species; ducks!
Crozet, VA 4/3/2020 - 27 species; shorebirds!
Augusta and Nelson Counties, VA 4/2/2020 - 33 species; Leucistic Pileated Woodpecker!

March 2020
Waynesboro, VA 3/30/2020 - 21 species
Crozet, VA 3/29/2020 - 31 species
Central Virginia 3/26-27/2020 - Red-shouldered Hawks; Rusty Blackbirds!
Crozet, VA 3/24/2020 - 7 Red-shouldered Hawks!
Crozet, VA 3/23/2020 - 23 species
Crozet, VA 3/22/2020 - 32 species
Waynesboro, VA 3/20/2020 - 21 species; Blue-headed Vireo!
Crozet, VA 3/19/2020 - 30 species
Crozet, VA 3/16-17/2020 - 25 species
Crozet, VA 3/14/2020 - 23 species; hawks!
Crozet, VA 3/13/2020 - Ducks!
Swoope, VA 3/8/2020 - Scott's Oriole!
Crozet, VA 3/4/2020 - 25 species; Red-shouldered and Cooper's Hawks!
Crozet, VA 3/1/2020 - 32 species; Merlin!

February 2020
Crozet, VA 2/28/2020 - 29 species
Crozet, VA 2/27/2020 - 26 species
Rockbridge and Albemarle Counties, VA 2/23-26/2020 - a few birds
Swoope, VA 2/19/2020 - Scott's Oriole!
Crozet, VA 2/16/2020 - 31 species
Crozet, VA 2/12/2020 - 7 Red-shouldered Hawks!
Williamsburg area, VA 2/3-8/2020 - 48 species

January 2020
Crozet, VA 1/30-31/2020 - 25 to 30 species
Crozet, VA 1/28/2020 - Chipping Sparrows!
Crozet, VA 1/23-26/2020 - Red-shouldered Hawks!
Highland and Augusta Counties, VA 1/21/2020 - Golden Eagles; Short-eared Owl!
Crozet, VA 1/19-20/2020 - Red-shouldered Hawks!
Crozet, VA 1/17/2020 - Red-shouldered Hawks!
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 1/16/2020 - Merlin!
Crozet, VA 1/14/2020 - Merlin!
Crozet, VA 1/13/2020 - 22 avian species
Albemarle and Augusta Counties, VA 1/8-10/2020 - Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk!
Myrtle Beach, SC 12/30/2019 - 1/4/2020 - 77 avian species

December 2019
Crozet, VA 12/26-27/2019 - 28 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/2/2019 - Common Merganser!
Crozet, VA 12/17/2019 - Winter Wren!
Albemarle County, VA CBC 12/5/2019 - Baltimore Oriole; Unusual Downy Woodpecker!
Crozet, VA 12/8/2019 - 4 Winter Wrens!
Albemarle County, VA 12/6/2019 - Baltimore Oriole!
Crozet, VA 12/5/2019 - 22 avian species
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 12/3/19 - 38 avian species
Crozet, VA 12/2/2019 - Hawks and Eagle!

November 2019
Swoope, VA 11/29/2019 - Highly Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk!
Crozet, VA 11/26/2019 - 33 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/25/2019 - 20 avian species; albino Rock Pigeon!
Crozet, VA 11/24/2019 - 23 avian species
Rockbridge and Augusta Counties, VA 11/21/2019 - Loggerhead Shrike; Merlin!
Cambridge, MD and Blackwater NWR 11/11-16/2019 - 72 avian species; Eagles; Goshawk!
Swoope, VA 11/6/2019 - Vesper Sparrow; Highly Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk!
Crozet, VA 11/4-5/2019 - Interesting Robin; Black Swan
Crozet, VA 11/2-3/2019 - 38 avian species
Crozet, VA 11/1/2019 - 20 avian species

October 2019
Crozet, VA 10/30/2019 - 31 avian species; Merlin!
Crozet, VA 10/29/2019 - 30 avian species; Merlin!
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 10/25/19 - 42 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/23/2019 - 27 avian species + Black Swan
Crozet, VA 10/21/2019 - 30 avian species; 8 sparrow species
Crozet, VA 10/19/2019 - Lincoln's Sparrow
Crozet, VA 10/18/2019 - 21 avian species; Lincoln's Sparrow
Crozet, VA 10/17/2019 - 25 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/15/2019 - Northern Red-tailed Hawk
Crozet, VA 10/14/2019 - 22 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/13/2019 - 37 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/11/2019 - 32 avian species
Rockfish Valley, VA 10/10/2019 - a few species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/9/2019 - 6 warbler species
Crozet, VA 10/8/2019 - 35 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/7/2019 - 8 warbler species
Crozet, VA 10/5-6/2019 - WC/WT Sparrows
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/4/2019 - 10 warbler species; Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/3/2019 - 2 thrush and 7 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/2/2019 - Gray-cheeked Thrush; 9 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/1/2019 - 15 warbler species

September 2019
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/30/2019 - Huge warbler flock; Philadelphia Vireo!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/29/2019 - 9 warbler species; Philadelphia and Blue-headed Vireos!
Crozet, VA 9/28/2019 - Lincoln's Sparrow
Rockfish Valley, VA 9/27/2019 - 4 warbler species
Crozet, VA 9/26/2019 - Osprey, Eagle, and warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/25/2019 - 8 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/24/2019 - Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/19/2019 - Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/18/2019 - 11 warbler species
Central Virginia 9/17/2019 - 6 warbler, 9 raptor species
Central Virginia 9/16/2019 - 6 warbler species
Central Virginia 9/15/2019 - 2 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/11/2019 - 10 warbler species
Reddish Knob, VA 9/10/2019 - 9 warbler species
Central Virginia 9/8/2019 - 27 species
Central Virginia 9/6/2019 - 4 warbler species
Central Virginia 9/5/2019 - Warblers and Bears!
Central Virginia 9/4/2019 - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/3/2019 - 7 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/1/2019 - 7 warbler species

August 2019
Skyline Drive, VA 8/30/2019 - 11 warbler species!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/29/2019 - 27 species
Central Virginia 8/26-27/2019 - interesting hummingbird
Crozet, VA 8/25/2019 - 32 species
Crozet, VA 8/24/2019 - 24 species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/23/2019 - 24 species
Central Virginia 8/21-22/2019 - 4 warbler, 3 vireo species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/20/2019 - 4 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/15-18/2019 - 25 avian species, black bear
Rockbridge County, VA 8/7/2019 - Swallow-tailed Kite; Wood Thrush fledgling!

July 2019
Alaska 7/12-24/2019 - Birds and Bears!
Augusta County, VA 7/10/2019 - 48 species
Crozet, VA 7/9/2019 - Ruddy Duck
Crozet, VA 7/6/2019 - Great Blue Herons
Swoope, VA 7/5/2019 - 48 avian species; Bobolinks!
Crozet, VA 7/4/2019 - 24 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/3/2019 - 6 warbler species
Crozet, VA 7/1-2/2019 - 38 avian species

June 2019
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/30/2019 - 6 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/28/2019 - 4 warbler species
Reddish Knob, VA 6/26/19 - 9+ warbler species; Red Crossbill
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/25/2019 - 6 warbler species
Rockbridge County, VA 6/21/2019 - 30 species
Crozet, VA, 6/20/2019 - 30 species; Blue Grosbeak, Cooper's Hawk, Yellow Warbler
Crozet, VA, 6/19/2019 - 22 species
Swoope, VA, 6/14/2019 - 42 avian species; Bobolinks, Grasshopper Sparrows, Red-headed WP, Harrier!
Central Virginia, 6/10-13/2019 - 9 warbler species
Crozet, VA, 6/5-6/2019 - 34 species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/04/19 - 7 warbler species
Crozet, VA, 6/3/19 - 24 species

May 2019
Reddish Knob, VA, 5/30/19 - 11 warbler species; Red Crossbill
Crozet, VA, 5/29/19 - 4 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/28/19 - 7 warbler species
Central Virginia, 5/25/19 - Prairie Warbler
Rockingham County, VA, 5/24/19 - warblers and shorebirds
Highland County, VA, 5/23/19 - Golden-winged and Mourning Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/22/19 - 6 warbler species
Crozet, VA, 5/21/19 - Red-shouldered Hawk chicks!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/20/19 - 5 warbler species
Crozet, VA, 5/19/19 - Yellow Warbler!
Rockfish Valley, Virginia, 5/17/19 - 18 species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/16/19 - warblers and bear!
Central Virginia, 5/13-15/19 - Veeries; 10 warbler species!
East-central Virginia, 5/9-10/19 - Prothonotary and Yellow-throated Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/8/19 - warblers and vireos
Central Virginia, 5/6-7/19 - Black-billed Cuckoo; 8 warbler species!
Central Virginia, 5/3/19 - 7 warbler species!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/2/19 - 7 warbler species
Crozet, VA, 5/1/19 - 7 warbler species; Northern Waterthrush

April 2019
Central Virginia, 4/30/19 - 9 warbler species!
Reddish Knob and Hone Quarry, VA, 4/29/19 - Red Crossbills; 10 warbler species!
Crozet, VA, 4/28/19 - 42 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 4/26/19 - 23 avian species
Crozet, VA, 4/24/19 - 29 avian species
Central Virginia, 4/22-23/19 - 9 warbler species!
Augusta County, VA, 4/21/19 - 50 avian species, 5 foxes!
Crozet, VA, 4/19/19 - 32 avian species
Crozet, VA, 4/15-17/19 - 50 avian species
Waynesboro, VA 4/14/19 - 24 species
Crozet, VA, 4/12/19 - Grasshopper Sparrows; WE Vireo, DC Cormorant!
Albemarle County, VA, 4/10/19 - 3 warbler species
Crozet, VA, 4/9/19 - 32 avian species
Crozet, VA, 4/7- 8/19 - 32 avian species
Waynesboro, VA 4/6/19 - 29 species
Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, VA 4/3/19 - 48 species
Crozet, VA, 3/31- 4/2/19 - Osprey!

March 2019
Crozet, VA 3/28/19 - Red-shouldered Hawks!
Augusta County, VA 3/27/19 - 42 species; Rusty Blackbirds, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Kingfisher
Crozet, VA 3/26/19 - 25 species
Central Virginia 3/24/19 - 20 species
Crozet, VA 3/17-19/19 - 34 species
Virginia 3/14-15/19 - Raptor meals!
Crozet, VA 3/13/19 - Bald Eagles!
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 3/12/19 - Great Horned Owl and owlets!
Crozet, VA 3/11/19 - Nesting Bald Eagles!
Crozet, VA 3/10/19 - 33 avian species
Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, VA 3/5/19 - Ducks and raptors
Crozet, VA, 3/4/19 - Merlin!

February 2019
Highland County, VA, 2/27/19 - Golden Eagle!
Crozet, VA, 2/25-26/19 - 32 species
Crozet, VA, 2/24/19 - Red-shouldered Hawks!
Crozet, VA, 2/21/19 - 20 species
Crozet, VA, 2/17/19 - 27 species
Central Virginia, 2/14-15/19 - A few species
Crozet, VA, 2/10/19 - Mating Red-shouldered Hawks!
Crozet, VA, 2/2-4/19 - Raptors!

January 2019
Ecuador including Galápagos, 1/8-19/19
Crozet, VA, 1/6/19 - 18 species

December 2018
Gordonsville, VA CBC 12/30/18 - Short-eared Owls!
Crozet, VA, 12/26/18 - 33 species
Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, VA 12/23/18 - Hawks!
Crozet, VA, 12/20/18 - Leucistic Goldfinch!
Crozet, VA, 12/19/18 - 21 species
Crozet, VA, 12/17/18 - 28 species
Crozet, VA, 12/10-13/18 - Snow birds
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 12/12/18 - 44 species
Central Virginia, 12/5-8/18 - 42 species; Winter Wren photo essay
Rockfish Valley, VA, 12/4/18 - 20 species
Crozet, VA, 12/2-3/18 - 32 species

November 2018
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 11/30/18 - 40 species; Brown Creepers, Harriers!
Crozet, VA, 11/29/18 - 32 species
Crozet, VA, 11/27/18 - 22 species
Crozet, VA, 11/26/18 - 24 species
Crozet, VA, 11/23/18 - Hermit Thrush
Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, VA 11/21/18 - Rufous Hummingbird!
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 11/19/18 - 40 species
Crozet, VA, 11/18/18 - Winter Wren!
Crozet and Shenandoah Valley, VA, 11/1/18 - Northern Goshawk!

October 2018
Crozet, VA 10/29-31/18 - sparrows and warblers
Charlotte, NC 10/21-27/18 - 64 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/19/18 - 31 avian species
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 10/18/18 - 45 species
Crozet, VA 10/17/18 - 34 avian species; warblers and kinglets!
Crozet, VA 10/16/18 - 26 avian species
Rockbridge and Augusta Counties, VA 10/15/18 - 44 species; Raptors!
Central Virginia 10/12/18 - 8 warbler and 3 FOS species!
Crozet, VA 10/11/18 - 16 avian species
Crozet, VA 10/10/18 - 29 avian species; Scarlet Tanager with wing-bars!
Crozet, VA 10/9/18 - 38 avian species; 8 warbler species!
Crozet, VA 10/8/18 - 26 avian species
Central Virginia 10/5-6/18 - Warblers!
Central Virginia 10/2-3/18 - Kestrels and Thrushes!
Shenandoah Valley & Reddish Knob, VA, 10/1/18 - Red-breasted Nuthatch; Warblers!

September 2018
Central Virginia 9/28/18 - Warblers and Raptors!
Central Virginia 9/26/18 - Gray-cheeked Thrush; monarchs!
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 9/25/18 - Connecticut Warbler; 6 Kestrels!
Crozet, VA, 9/24/18 - rainy day warblers
Crozet, VA, 9/21-22/18 - 3 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/19-20/18 - Hawks and Warblers!
Central Virginia 9/13/18 - 28 species
Crozet, VA, 9/12/18 - 24 species
Central Virginia 9/9-11/18 - 30+ species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/7/18 - 8 Warbler Species!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/6/18 - 11 Warbler Species!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/5/18 - 9 Warbler Species!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/3-4/18 - Warblers!

August 2018
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 8/30/18 - 12 avian species
Central Virginia, 8/28-29/18 - Bear!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/27/18 - 17 avian species
Skyline Drive, VA 8/24/18 - 37 avian species
Central Virginia, 8/23/18 - 28 avian species
Greater St. Louis area, MO 8/16-17/18 - 67 avian species
Central Virginia, 8/10-14/18 - 42 avian species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/9/18 - Birds and Bears!
Skyline Drive, VA 8/8/18 - 3 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 8/6/18 - Juvenile Cerulean Warbler
Crozet, VA, 8/2-3/18 - 10 Green Herons!
Central Virginia, 8/1/18 - 26 avian species

July 2018
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/27/18 - 6 warbler species
Crozet, VA, 7/25-26/18 - 20+ species
Augusta County, VA 7/20/18 - 35 species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 7/18/18 - 5 warbler species
Crozet, VA, 7/10-12/18 - 20+ species
Canadian Maritime Provinces, 6/26 - 7/5 2018 - 54 avian species

June 2018
Crozet, VA, 6/19/18 - Willow Flycatcher!
Augusta County, VA 6/14/18 - Barred Owls; 10 warbler species!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/13/18 - 4 warbler species
Crozet, VA, 6/12/18 - Cowbird and Bluebird
Central Virginia, 6/6-7/18 - a few species
Secluded Farm; Charlottesville, VA 6/5/18 - a few species
Albemarle County, VA 6/4/18 - Yellow-throated Warbler!
Dutch Gap, VA 6/2/18 - Prothonotary Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/1/18 - 5 warbler species!

May 2018
Swoope, VA 5/29/18 - 31 species
Highland County, VA 5/24/18 - Golden-winged and Mourning Warblers!
Central Virginia, 5/19-23/18 - Several species
Waynesboro, Virginia, VA 5/16/18 - Geese and Duckling
Central Virginia, VA 5/10-14/18 - Warblers!
Skyline Drive, VA 5/11/18 - 8 warbler species!
Highland County and Reddish Knob, VA/WVA 5/9/18 - 10+ Red Crossbills, 11 warbler species!
Augusta and Nelson Counties, VA 5/8/18 - 4 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/7/18 - 6 warbler species!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/4/18 - 9 warbler species!
Reddish Knob, VA/WVA 5/2/18 - 10 warbler species!

April 2018
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 4/30/18 -Vireos and Warblers
Crozet, VA 4/27/18 - 29 species
Augusta and Nelson Counties, VA 4/26/18 - 40 avian species; fox kits
Crozet, VA 4/25/18 - 35 species
Central Virginia 4/23/18 - American Bittern!
Crozet, VA 4/22/18 - Waders and Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 4/20/18 - Blue-headed Vireo; Barred Owl!
Crozet, VA 4/18/18 - Orange-crowned Warbler!
Central Virginia 4/15-16/18 - a variety of species
Warren Ferry, VA 4/13/18 - Palm Warblers
Crozet, VA 4/12/18 - 33 species; Hawks; Osprey; Snipes; Green Heron; Warblers!
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 4/11/18 - 43 species
Crozet, VA 4/8/18 - 33 species
Augusta County, VA 4/6/18 - Kinglets and more
Albemarle County, VA 4/4-5/18 - 30+ species
Crozet, VA 4/3/18 - 31 species
Augusta County, VA 4/2/18 - 45 species - Short-eared Owl; Horned Grebes; Bonaparte's Gull!

March 2018
Central Virginia 3/30/18 - 31 species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA 3/29/18 - Fox Sparrow; Kestrel
Rockbridge and Augusta Counties, VA 3/26/18 - 52 species
Crozet, VA 3/25/18 - Merlin!
Albemarle and Augusta Counties, VA 3/22-24/18 - Osprey; Rusty Blackbirds!
Augusta County, VA 3/16/18 - Raptors
Crozet, VA 3/15/18 - a few birds
Crozet, VA 3/14/18 - Red-shouldered Hawks
Crozet, VA 3/11-13/18 - 20+ species
Augusta County, VA 3/8/18 - Raptors
Lickinghole Creek Reservoir, VA 3/7/18 - Bald Eagles; Hooded Mergansers
Louisa and Albemarle Counties, VA 3/4-5/18 - Short-eared Owl; Raptors!

February 2018
Williamsburg area, VA 2/26-28/18 - 57 species
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 2/21/18 - Red Crossbills; Rare Ducks!
Crozet, VA 2/19/18 - Red-Shouldered Hawks!
Rockbridge and Augusta Counties, VA 2/18/18 - Raptors and Swans!
Swoope, VA 2/13/18 - American Tree Sparrow!
Crozet, VA 2/12/18 - 26 species
Rockbridge and Augusta Counties, VA 2/8/18 - 40+ species; Snow Goose; Raptors!
Central Virginia 2/5/18 - Raptors
Crozet, VA 2/3/18 - Red-Shouldered Hawks; Chipping Sparrows!

January 2018
Crozet, VA 1/30-31/18 - Winter birds
Highland County, VA 1/26/18 - Hawks and Eagles!
Central Virginia 1/15-24/18 - Various bird species
Rockbridge and Augusta Counties, VA 1/22/18 - 35+ species
Swoope, VA 1/19/18 - Raptors!
Central Virginia 1/10-14/18 - Merlin and other raptors!
Highland County, VA 1/9/18 - Hawks and Kestrels
Crozet, VA 1/7-8/18 - Winter birds
Crozet, VA 1/5/18 - Chipping Sparrows!
Central Virginia 1/2-4/18 - Some raptors

December 2017
Crozet, VA 12/18-20/17 - Leucistic Cardinal continues
Gordonsville, VA CBC 12/17/17 - Barn Owl, Short-eared Owls, Sandhill Cranes!
Nelson County, VA 12/15/17 - A few Raptors
Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, VA 12/13/17 - Raptors
Crozet, VA 12/10/17 - Highly Leucistic Cardinal!
Augusta County, VA 12/8/17 - 43 species
Crozet, VA 12/7/17 - Highly Leucistic Cardinal!
Page County, VA 12/4/17 - Harris's Sparrow!
Crozet, VA 12/3/17 - Red-shouldered Hawk!
Mt. Crawford, VA 12/1/17 - Snowy Owl!

November 2017
Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, VA 11/28/17 - 34 species
Central Virginia 11/21-26/17 - a few birds
Delmarva 11/13-18/17 - 79 species
Central Virginia 11/9-11/17 - ~40 species
Crozet, VA 11/8/17 - 23 species
Augusta County, VA 11/6/17 - Raptors!
Crozet, VA 11/5/17 - 30 species; Ducks
Crozet, VA 11/1-3/17 - 35+ species; Clay-colored(?) Sparrow

October 2017
Crozet, VA 10/25-31/17 - 35+ species
Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, VA 10/25/17 - Raptors!
Central Virginia 10/20-23/17 - Sparrows; Merlin!
Crozet, VA 10/17/17 - Sparrows; Winter Wren
Crozet, VA 10/13/17 - Peregrine Falcon!
Crozet, VA 10/12/17 - a few birds
Crozet, VA 10/11/17 - 36 species
Blue Ridge Area, VA 10/10/17 - 10 Warbler Species!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/8/17 - 11 Warbler Species!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/6/17 - Peregrine Falcons
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/4/17 - a few birds
Crozet, VA 10/3/17 - 29 species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 10/2/17 - 8 Warbler Species! Gray-cheeked Thrush! Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Crozet, VA 10/1/17 - 27 species

September 2017
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/29/17 - 10+ Warbler Species!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/27-28/17 - a few birds; ISS
Crozet, VA 9/26/17 - My Old Trail species #119
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/25/17 - 8 Warbler Species! Gray-cheeked Thrush!
Crozet, VA 9/23/17 - 21 species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/22/17 - 10 Warbler Species! Bear!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/21/17 - Gray-cheeked Thrush!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/20/17 - Unusual Bunting!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/19/17 - 10 Warbler Species!
Central Virginia 9/14-18/17 - a few warblers; Broad-winged Hawk Kettle!
Crozet, VA 9/13/17 - Mourning Warbler!
Blue Ridge Area, VA 9/10-12/17 - Warblers!
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA 9/11/17 - Olive-sided Flycatcher!
Central Virginia 9/8/17 - a few birds
Crozet, VA 9/7/17 - Buff-breasted Sandpiper!
Central Virginia 9/5/17 - a few birds
Central Virginia 8/31-/9/4/17 - Warblers; Raptors; and more

August 2017
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 8/27/17 - Ground Hornets
Blue Ridge Mountains, VA 8/24-25/17 - Warblers!
St. Louis, Missouri 8/16-21/17 - Henslow's Sparrows! Total Solar Eclipse!
Central Virginia 8/9-10/17 - Broad-winged Hawk
Augusta County, VA 8/8/17 - 47 species
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 8/4/17 - a few birds
Dutch Gap, VA 8/3/17 - 35 species

July 2017
Crozet area, Virginia 7/26-31/17 - 30+ species
Rockingham County, VA 7/25/17 - 38 species
Reddish Knob, VA 7/19/17 - 9 warbler species
Crozet, Virginia 7/16/17 - 24 species
Central Virginia 7/11/17 - 10 warbler species
Skyline Drive, VA 7/7/17 - 7 warbler species
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 7/6/17 - 21 species
Augusta County, VA 7/3/17 - 40 species

June 2017
Reddish Knob, VA/WVA 6/29/17 - 60 species, 12 warblers!
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 6/28/17 - Fighting House Sparrows
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 6/27/17 - Blue Grosbeaks
Mint Springs Park; Crozet, VA 6/26/17 - 20 species
Paddy Knob, VA/WVA 6/22/17 - Mourning Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/21/17 - Canada Warbler
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/20/17 - Warblers!
Skyline Drive, VA 6/16/17 - 5 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 6/13/17 - 21 species
Highland County, VA 6/9/17 - Lawrence's Warbler!

May 2017
England, Scotland, and the North Atlantic Ocean, VA 5/10-31/17 - 98 species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/8/17 - 7 warbler species
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 5/4-5/17 - Yellow Warbler!
Mt. Crawford; Skyline Drive, VA 5/3/17 - White-rumped Sandpiper!

April 2017
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 4/28/17 - 6 warbler species
Warbler Road, Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 4/26/17 - 9 warbler species
Central VA 4/23/17 - 8 warbler species
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 4/21/17 - Louisiana Waterthrushes
Augusta County, VA 4/20/17 - 43 species
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 4/18/17 - 6 Red Crossbills; 6 warbler species
Crozet, VA 4/14/17 - 35 avian species; Osprey
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 4/13/17 - 43 species
Central VA 4/12/17 -FOS Eastern Kingbird
Crozet, VA 4/11/17 - 30 avian species; Beaver
Central VA 4/7,9/17 - 50+ species
Albemarle County, VA 4/5/17 - 40 species; Yellow-throated Warblers
Winchester, VA 4/3/17 - Long-eared Owl!
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 4/2/17 - 32 species

March 2017
Albemarle County, VA 3/29/17 - 35 species
Crozet, VA 3/16-23/17 - 30+ species
Albemarle and Augusta Counties, VA 3/10-13/17 - Three Bald Eagles
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 3/9/17 - 23 species
Crozet, VA 3/8/17 - 27 species
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 3/4/17 - 22 species

February 2017
Virginia, 2/27-28/17 - A few species
Central Virginia, VA 2/10-17/17 - A few species
Crozet, VA 2/9/17 - Two Black Swans!
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 2/7/17 - 20 species

January 2017
Southeast Arizona 1/21-27/17 - 122 avian species
Old Trail; Crozet, VA 1/8-10/17 - Cold weather birds
Augusta County, VA 1/6/17 - Snow Bunting!

December 2016
Augusta County, VA 12/27/16 - Snow Bunting!
Centreville, VA 12/25/16 - Northern Shrike!
Louisa and Albemarle Counties, VA 12/21/16 - Sandhill Cranes; Snow Geese; Cackling Goose!
Albemarle and Augusta Counties, VA 12/19-20/16 - Snow Geese; Raptors!
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 12/11/16 - Dickcissel, Merlin!
Crozet, VA 12/7-8/16 - Common Merganser
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 12/5/16 - 32 species
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 12/4/16 - Cooper's Hawk!
Central Virginia, VA 12/2-3/16 - Merlin!

November 2016
Central Virginia, VA 11/26-28/16 - Dickcissel!
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 11/22-23/16 - 20+ species
Coastal Virginia, 11/14-18/16 - 87 species; Jaeger; Sparrows; Wrens; Bittern!
Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 11/9/16 - 35 species
Rockbridge and Augusta Counties, VA 11/2/16 - 49 species

October 2016
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 10/30/16 - 29 species
Augusta County, VA 10/27/16 - 39 species
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 10/22,26/16 - 32 species
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 10/20/16 - Wilson's Warbler
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 10/19/16 - 20 species
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 10/17/16 - 30 species
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 10/15/16 - 36+ species
Rockbridge and Augusta Counties, VA 10/14/16 - 53 species; Golden Eagle; Winter Wren
Shenandoah Valley, VA 10/12/16 - 38 species
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 10/9-10/16 - 30+ species; 5 warbler species
Crozet, VA 10/5-7/16 - warblers and ducks
Central Virginia 10/2-4/16 - Raptors; Yellow-billed Cuckoos
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 10/1/16 - 27 species; 8 warbler species; Gray-cheeked Thrush; Yellow-billed Cuckoo

September 2016
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 9/29/16 - 37 species; 7 warbler species; Swainson's Thrush; Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 9/28/16 - 29 species; 6 warbler species; Swainson's Thrush; Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 9/26-27/16 - 44 species; 9 warbler species; Swainson's and Gray-cheeked Thrushes; Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Crozet area, VA, 9/21-24/16 - a few birds
Rockingham County, VA 9/20/16 - American Golden-Plover; warblers!
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 9/19/16 - 22 species
Old Trail, Crozet, VA 9/14-17/16 - a few birds
Lickinghole Creek and Reservoir, VA 9/15-16/16 - 6 warbler species; Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Central Virginia, 9/12/16 - 4 warbler species; Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Crozet area, VA, 9/6-9/16 - a few birds
Stuart's Draft, VA, 9/2/16 - Baird's Sandpiper

August 2016
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 8/19/16 - 38 avian species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 8/15-17/16 - 31 avian species
Central Virginia, 8/12/16 - 3 warbler species
Skyline Drive, VA, 8/10/16 - 36 avian species: Chestnut-sided Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 8/6/16 - Olive-sided Flycatcher!
Shenandoah Valley and Reddish Knob, VA, 8/2/16 - 5 warbler species

July 2016
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 7/27/16 - a few species
Swoope, VA, 7/22/16 - 43 species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 7/21/16 - 22 species
Nazarene Wetlands, VA, 7/18/16 - Virginia Rail and Sora!
Skyline Drive, VA, 7/13/16 - a few birds
Skyline Drive, VA, 7/11/16 - juvenile birds, deer, bears!
Rockfish Valley, VA, 7/4-10/16 - a few species
Nazarene Wetlands, VA, 7/6/16 - Soras!
Rockfish Valley, VA, 7/2/16 - Breeding birds; Assassin Bug

June 2016
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen), VA, 6/26-30/16 - Red-shouldered Hawks, Great Blue Herons
Reddish Knob, VA, 6/29/16 - 6 warbler species
Crozet, VA, 6/28/16 - Bald Eagle; Green Herons
Skyline Drive, VA, 6/22/16 - Warblers!
Central Virginia, 6/17-20/16 - a few species
Stoney Creek (Wintergeen), VA, 6/16/16 - Red-shouldered Hawks
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 6/14/16 - Warblers!
Central Virginia, 6/13/16 - Warblers; Vireos
Augusta County, VA, 6/10/16 - Warblers; Tanagers; Eagles
Reddish Knob and Blue Grass, VA, 6/8/16 - 10 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 6/6/16 - Warblers; Cuckoos; Bears!
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 5/30-6/4/16 - 20+ species
Paddy Knob, VA, 6/1/16 - Mourning Warblers!

May 2016
Dayton, VA, 5/27/16 - Franklin's Gull!
Skyline Drive, VA, 5/27/16 - Veery
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/25/16 - 27 species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 5/23/16 - Olive-sided Flycatcher
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 5/22/16 - Olive-sided Flycatcher; Brewer's Blackbird
Swoope, VA, 5/20/16 - Bobolinks and Alder Flycatchers
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/19/16 - 24 species
Rockfish Valley, VA, 5/18/16 - 33 species
Rockingham and Augusta Counties, VA, 5/16/16 - Six warbler, four thrush, two vireo species
Augusta and Nelson Counties, VA, 5/13/16 - Six warbler, four thrush, three vireo species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 5/11/16 - 28 species
Augusta County, VA, 5/10/16 - 10 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/9/16 - Seven warbler species
Rockfish Valley, VA, 5/7-8/16 - a few warblers and vireos
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/6/16 - a few warblers and vireos
Augusta and Nelson Counties, VA, 5/4/16 - Six warbler species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen), VA, 5/3/16 - Common Loon
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/2/16 - a few warblers

April 2016
Croatan National Forest, NC, 4/29-30/16 - Bachman's Sparrows; Red-cockaded Woodpeckers; Swainson's Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 4/27/16 - Warblers!
Augusta County, VA, 4/25/16 - Scarlet Tanagers
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 4/24/16 -White-eyed Vireo; Common Yellowthroats
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 4/21/16 - Warblers, Vireos, and Eagles
Warren Ferry & James River S.P., VA, 4/20/16 - Warblers, Vireos, and Blue Grosbeak
Waynesboro, VA, 4/19/16 - 25 species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 4/18/16 - Broad-winged Hawk
Blue Ridge Parkway & Warbler Road, VA, 4/15/16 - Broad-winged Hawk; Black-throated Green Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 4/14/16 - Palm Warbler
Warren Ferry, VA, 4/13/16 - Yellow-throated Warblers
Crozet, VA, 4/11/16 - Bald Eagles
Rockfish Valley, VA, 4/10/16 - 19 species
Waynesboro, VA, 4/8/16 - 15 species
Augusta & Highland Counties, VA; WVA, 4/5/16 - Great Horned Owl; Red Crossbills; Ruffed Grouse
Central Virginia, 4/1-2/16 - a few birds

March 2016
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 3/31/16 - Great Horned Owl
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 3/29/16 - Red Crossbills; Ducks
Rockfish Valley, VA, 3/25-28/16 - Wood Ducks
Reddish Knob, VA, 3/23/16 - Red Crossbills; Red-breasted Nuthatches; Pine Warblers
Rockfish Valley, VA, 3/20/16 - Lesser Scaup; NRW Swallows
Rockfish Valley, VA, 3/15-18/16 - 26 species
Rockfish Valley, VA, 3/15/16 - 28 species
Central Virginia, 3/13-14/16 - Black Swan
Central Virginia, 3/11-12/16 - close, but no cigar
Highland and Nelson Counties, VA, 3/9-10/16 - a few avian species
Williamsburg and Norfolk Areas; Louisa County, VA, SC 2/29-3/6/16 - 86 avian species; Western Tanager; Rough-legged Hawk

February 2016
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 2/26/16 - 18 species
Louisa County, VA, 2/22/16 - Rough-legged Hawk!
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 2/17/16 - 36 species; Trumpeter Swan; Common Goldeneye
Hilton Head & Savannah NWR, SC 2/8-13/16 - 88 avian species; Western Red-tailed Hawk; Merlin; American Bittern; Bobcat

January 2016
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 1/27/16 - 31 species
Coastal Virginia, 1/17-19/16 - 59 species
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 1/13/16 - 39 species
Highland County, VA, 1/7/16 - Golden Eagle!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen), VA, 1/6/16 - 19 species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 1/5/16 - Cooper's Hawk; Fox Sparrow
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 1/4/16 - Raptors!
Crozet, VA, 1/3/16 - Harris's Hawks

December 2015
Gordonsville, VA CBC 12/20/15 - Sandhill Cranes; Tundra Swans; Cooper's Hawk & Starlings
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 12/19/15 - Yellow-rumped Warblers
Leonard's Pond, VA, 12/14/15 - Dunlins
Rockfish Valley, VA, 12/9/15 - A few birds
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 12/8/15 - Rusty Blackbird
Crozet Virginia, 12/7/15 - Bald Eagles working on their nest
Central Virginia, 12/5-6/15 - A few birds
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 12/3/15 - 8 Raptor species; Palm Warblers, hybird duck

November 2015
James River State Park, VA, 11/27/15 - 32 species
Central Virginia, 11/24-25/15 - FOS Golden-crowned Kinglet
Central Virginia, 11/22-23/15 - 37 species
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 11/20/15 - Harriers, Hawks, and Horned Larks
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 11/19/15 - FOS Fox Sparrow
Gloucester Point, VA, 11/16/15 - Saltmarsh Sparrows!
King George County, VA, 11/11/15 - Sandhill Cranes, Raptors
Rockfish Valley, VA, 11/9/15 - Horned and Pied-billed Grebes
Danville, Virginia, 11/5/15 - about 20 species
Rockfish, Blue Grass, and Shenandoah Valleys, VA, 11/2-4/15 - 35+ species
Central Virginia, 10/26-11/1/15 - about 40 species

October 2015
Crozet, VA, 10/23/15 - 34 species
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 10/21/15 - 35 species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 10/19/15 - 18 species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 10/18/15 - 19 species
Central Virginia, 10/12-16/15 - 40 species
Central Virginia, 10/7-9/15 - 35 species; Red-necked Phalarope
Central Virginia, 9/24-10/5/15 - a few warblers

September 2015
Philadelphia, PA 9/29/15 - 35 species
Central Virginia, 9/22-23/15 - 10 warbler and 3 vireo species; Swainson's Thrush; FOS Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, 9/19/15 - Raptors!
Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia, 9/18/15 - 3 warbler species
Central Virginia, 9/16-17/15 - 7 warbler and 2 vireo species; Swainson's Thrush
Central Virginia, 9/15/15 - 6 warbler and 3 vireo species; Yellow-billed Cuckoos
Central Virginia, 9/14/15 - 5 warbler species
Central Virginia, 9/11-13/15 - a few warblers
Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia, 9/8/15 - 11 warbler species, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Pocosin Cabin, Skyline Drive, Virginia, 9/7/15 - 8 warbler species
Rockfish Valley, Virginia, 9/5-6/15 - Probable Mourning Warbler?
Central Virginia, 9/4-5/15 - about 30 species
Central Virginia, 9/1-2/15 - a few warblers

August 2015
Greater Seattle, Washington area, 8/13-22/15 - 75 species
Stuart's Draft, VA, 8/8/15 - Wilson's Phalarope (my life bird #600)!
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 8/5/15 - 31 species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 8/3/15 - 20 species

July 2015
Reddish Knob, VA, 7/31/15 - A few warblers
Central Virginia, 7/24-25/15 - Warblers on the move?
Central Virginia, 7/22-23/15 - 30+ species
Highland County, VA, 7/16/15 - 20+ species
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 7/15/15 - 33 species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 7/14/15 - 21 species
Crozet, VA, 7/10/15 - 29 species
Highland County, VA, 7/7/15 - 45 species
Reddish Knob; Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 7/1-2/15 - Warblers!

June 2015
Southwestern North Carolina 6/25-27/15 - Swainson's Warblers!
Skyline Drive, VA, 6/22/15 - 22 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 6/20-21/15 - Red-eyed Vireos
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 6/18/15 - 23 species
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 6/13/15 - 35 species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 6/5/15 - 24 species

May 2015
Wintergreen area, VA, 5/26-29/15 - a few warblers
Southern Texas, 5/18-21/15 - 118 species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 5/15/15 - 32 species
Crozet, VA 5/14/15 - 31 species
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 5/13/15 - Yellow-breasted Chat
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/12/15 - Canada Warblers
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/7/15 - More warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail, VA, 5/6/15 - 26 species
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA, 5/5/15 - Tanagers and breeding warblers
Rockingham County, VA, 5/4/15 - Osprey; Wood Thrush
Rockfish Valley, VA, 5/1/15 - Bald Eagle

April 2015
Waynesboro, VA 4/29/15 - Warblers; Vireos; Raptors
Rockfish Valley, VA, 4/28/15 - 37 species; FOS Great Crested Flycatcher
Crozet, VA 4/27/15 - 32 species
Central Virginia 4/26/15 - 5 warbler species
Crozet, VA 4/24/15 - 35 species
Warren Ferry, VA 4/23/15 - 5 warbler species; 3 vireo species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/21-22/15 - 30+ species
Waynesboro, VA 4/21/15 - Broad-winged Hawk
Rockfish Valley, VA, 4/20/15 - FOS Common Yellowthroat; FOS Eastern Kingbird; 4 Great Egrets!
Waynesboro, VA; Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/18/15 - Worm-eating Warbler!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/17/15 - 31 species
Shenandoah Valley, VA 4/15/15 - 42 species
Waynesboro, VA; Blue Ridge Parkway 4/13/15 - Wrens
Rockfish Valley and Charlottesville, VA, 4/11-12/15 - FOS Green Heron; FOS Louisiana Waterthrush
Waynesboro, VA 4/9/15 - Hawks!; Horned Grebe!
Rockfish Valley Trail; Albemarle County 4/8/15 - 4 Warbler species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/7/15 - Swamp Sparrow
Augusta County, VA 4/6/15 - 30 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/5/15 - 33 species; Blue-headed Vireo
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/3/15 - Horned Grebes!

March 2015
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/31/15 - 21 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/30/15 - 37 species; Great Egret
Along the James River, VA 3/28/15 - 30 species
Reddish Knob, VA 3/22/15 - Red Crossbills!
Highland County, VA 3/18/15 - Golden Eagles!
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/17/15 - 27 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/16/15 - 21 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/13/15 - Pine Warbler!
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/12/15 - Tree Swallows; Fox Sparrow; American Kestrel
Shenandoah Valley, VA 3/11/15 - Rusty Blackbirds
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/9/15 - Pine Warbler
Chesapeake Bay, VA 3/7/15 - 42 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/6/15 - Leucistic Carolina Chickadee!
Swoope, VA 3/2/15 - Bald Eagle; Peregrine Falcon!

February 2015
Shenandoah Valley, VA 2/25/15 - SMITH'S Longspurs!
Shenandoah Valley, VA 2/23/15 - SMITH'S and Lapland Longspurs!
Rockfish Valley 2/20-21/15 - Snow Birds III
Rockfish Valley 2/19-20/15 - More snow birds
Rockfish Valley 2/18/15 - Snow birds!
Rockfish Valley 2/13/15 - 3 hawk species
Rockfish Valley Trail 2/11/15 - A few birds
Shenandoah Valley, VA 2/4/15 - Swans; Hawks; Falcons; Eagles

January 2015
Gordonsville, VA 1/30/15 - 24 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 1/29/15 - 100+ American Robins
Shenandoah Valley, VA 1/28/15 - 37 species
Rockfish Valley 1/21-25/15 - A few species
Shenandoah Valley, VA 1/20/15 - Raptor "Rapture"; Greater White-fronted Geese!
Highland County, VA 1/17/15 - Golden and Bald Eagles
Rockfish Valley Trail 1/14/15 - Kestrel
Shenandoah Valley, VA 1/13/15 - 30 species
Central VA 1/7-11/15 - Snow, Ross's, and Cackling Geese!
Charleston, SC 12/31/14 - 1/4/15 - 73 species; Rails; Godwits

December 2014
Gordonsville, VA CBC 12/28/14 - 37 species
Central VA 12/26-27/14 - 37 species
Central VA 12/18-19/14 - 25 species
Rockfish Valley 12/17/14 - 26 species
Rockfish Valley 12/14-15/14 - 31 species
Swoope, VA 12/12/14 - 27 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/11/14 - 18 species
Central VA 12/8-10/14 - A few hawks
Crozet, VA 12/7/14 - 25 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/4/14 - 28 species, American Pipits
Rockfish Valley 12/3/14 - 31 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/1/14 - Hawks; Catbird

November 2014
Shenandoah Valley 11/30/14 - Larks and Raptors
Shenandoah Valley 11/28/14 - Searching for a Snow Bunting
Rockfish Valley 11/22-23/14 - Rusty Blackbirds; Brown Thrasher
Shenandoah Valley 11/21/14 - Wilson's Snipe; Fox Sparrow
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/20/14 - Northern Red-tailed Hawk
Crozet, VA 11/19/14 - A few winter birds
Norfolk, VA 11/13-15/14 - Sharp-tailed Sparrows; Clapper Rail
Augusta County, VA 11/11/14 - More Goldeneye photos
Augusta County, VA 11/11/14 - Goldeneye!
Crozet, VA 11/10/14 - 35 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/7/14 - 22 species
West & Central Virginia 11/3-5/14 - Canon 7D Mark II camera body tests
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/1/14 - 20 species

October 2014
Central VA 10/31/14 - 30+ species
Crozet, VA 10/30/14 - 30 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/29/14 - 24 species
Greater St. Louis Area 10/21-25/14 - Midwest birds
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/20/14 - A few more photos
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/20/14 - Merlin!
Shenandoah Valley 10/17/14 - Eagles; Harriers; Red Phalarope
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/16/14 - 8 sparrow species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/15/14 - 10 sparrow species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 10/14/14 - 15 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/14/14 - 7 sparrow species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/10/14 - 5 sparrow species
Rockfish Valley 10/9/14 - 26 species
Central Virginia 10/7-8/14 - 25 species
Central Virginia 10/6/14 - Bay-breasted Warbler
Central Virginia 10/2-3/14 - A few warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/1/14 - 23 species

September 2014
Rockfish Valley 9/30/14 - Great Horned Owl; Red-shouldered Hawk; Woodpeckers
Rockfish Valley 9/29/14 - A few warblers
Rockfish Valley 9/27-28/14 - Warblers, Vireos, and Woodpeckers
Crozet, VA 9/26/14 - 4 Warbler species; 6 Raptor species
Highland County, VA 9/24/14 - Eagles and Hawks!
Ridgeview Park & Rockfish Valley Trail 9/23/14 - 4 Warbler species; Swainson's Thrush
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/22/14 - Grasshopper and Lincoln's Sparrows
Central Virginia 9/20/14 - Close, but no cigar!
Augusta County, VA 9/18/14 - 40+ Species
Ridgeview Park, Waynesboro, VA 9/17/14 - 12 Warbler Species
Blue Ridge 9/15/14 - 10 Warbler Species; Olive-sided Flycatcher
Blue Ridge 9/12/14 - 12 Warbler Species; Lincoln's Sparrow
Wintergreen Area 9/11/14 - Transition Day?
Central Virginia 9/9-10/14 - Where are the birds?
Blue Ridge 9/4-5/14 - More Warbler Species
Blue Ridge 9/2-3/14 - 10 Warbler Species

August 2014
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/31/14 - Unusual(?) Hummingbird
Rockfish Valley 8/28-29/14 - Warblers
Central Virginia 8/27/14 - 31 species
Reddish Knob, VA 8/26/14 - Warblers and Vireos
Central Virginia 8/25/14 - Bald Eagles
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/22/14 - Mourning Warbler!
Elkton, VA 8/21/14 - 25 avian species
Mathews, VA 8/19/14 - Seaside Sparrow!
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/18/14 - Olive-sided and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers!
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/16/14 - 19 avian species
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/15/14 - 30 avian species
Swoope, VA + 8/14/14 - Glossy Ibis!!
Rockfish Valley 8/13/14
Central Virginia 8/7/14 - Red Crossbills!
Swoope and Crozet, VA 8/6/14 - Dickcissels
Northern Virginia 8/4/14 - Mississippi Kites!

July 2014
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/31/14 - 21 avian species
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/30/14 - 25 avian species
North Atlantic Ocean Crossing 7/21-28/14
London Wetlands Centre, England 7/16/14
London, England 7/14-20/14
North Atlantic Ocean Crossing 7/6-13/14
Swoope, VA 7/4/14 - 3 Bald Eagles!
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/2/14 - 20 avian species

June 2014
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 6/28/14 - Juvenile Cooper's Hawks!
Crozet, VA 6/27/14 - 41 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 6/26/14 - 28 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 6/25/14 - Juvenile Cooper's Hawks!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 6/24/14 - a few photos
Rockfish Valley 6/22-23/14 - Blue Grosbeaks
Highland County, VA 6/20/14 - 32 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/19/14 - 22 species
Swoope, Virginia 6/18/14 - Cliff Swallows
Central Virginia 6/16/14 - Three Warblers
Rockfish Valley, VA 6/7-13/14 - a few birds
Augusta & Highland Counties, VA 6/6/14 - 34 avian species
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/5/14 - Yellow-breasted Chats
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/3/14 - 26 avian species
Augusta County, VA 6/2/14 - Purple Gallinule!

May 2014
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/27/14 - 21 avian species
Swoope, Virginia 5/25/14 - 47 species; Dickcissel, Alder Flycatcher; Bobolink, Bald Eagle
Southeastern Virginia 5/21-22/14 - Swainson's Warbler
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/20/14 - 27 species
Allegheny Mountains, VA 5/19/14 - Blue-winged Warbler
Central Virginia 5/16/14 - Five Warblers
Allegheny Mountains, VA 5/11-12/14 - 13 warbler species
Blue Ridge Parkway 5/9/14 - Kentucky Warbler
Rockfish Valley Trail; Blue Ridge Parkway 5/7/14 - a few warblers
South on the Blue Ridge Parkway 5/6/14 - Great photo day!
Augusta County, VA 5/5/14 - 6 warbler species
Central Virginia 5/3/14 - More Warblers!
Central Virginia 5/1/14 - 57 species; Warblers!

April 2014
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee 4/25-27/14
Central Arizona 4/6-14/14 - 99+ species
Harrisonburg, VA 4/4/14 - Grebes!
Augusta County, VA 4/2/14 - 36 species

March 2014
Central Virginia 3/31/14 - Rusty Blackbirds
Rockfish Valley 3/26-27/14 - Skunk
Stoney Creek 3/25-26/14 - snow birds
Rockfish Valley 3/24/14 - Rusty Blackbirds
Shenandoah Valley 3/21/14 - 41 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/20/14 - American Woodcock; Rusty Blackbirds
Stoney Creek 3/19/14 - more Fox Sparrows
Stoney Creek 3/18/14 - more sparrows
Central Virginia 3/15-17/14 - Fox and Chipping Sparrows
Charlottesville, Virginia 3/14/14 - Red-necked Grebes
Central Virginia 3/4-11/14 - a few birds

February 2014
Delmarva Coast 2/24-28/14 - 102 species
Stoney Creek 2/19/14 - Eagle and Hawks
Shenandoah Valley 2/17/14 - Lapland Longspurs!
Shenandoah Valley 2/10/14 - Long-tailed Duck; White-winged Scoter; Red-necked Grebes!
Central Virginia 2/2-6/14 - Ducks!

January 2014
Southern Florida - 112 avian species

December 2013
Mt. Crawford 12/30/13 - SNOWY OWL!
Shenandoah Valley 12/27/13 - Krider's x Eastern Red-tailed Hawk
Shenandoah Valley 12/24/13 - 37 species; Cackling Geese; American Black Duck hybrids
James River State Park; Lake Nelson, VA 12/20/13 - 35 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/18/13 - 28 species
Shenandoah Valley 12/16/13 - 41 species
Shenandoah Valley 12/13/13 - Lots of ducks; Long-tailed Duck!
Crozet, VA 12/12/13 - 33 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/11/13 - 22 species
Stoney Creek 12/9-10/13 - Hermit Thrush
Shenandoah Valley 12/7/13 - Snow Goose
Stoney Creek 12/5/13 - 30 species
Rockingham County, VA 12/4/13 - In search of a Snowy Owl
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/3/13 - 23 species
Highland County, VA 12/2/13 - Goshawk; Eagles, Red-headed Woodpecker; Tundra Swan

November 2013
Dutch Gap, VA 11/29/13 - 51 species; Great Horned Owl
Shenandoah Valley 11/25/13
Stoney Creek 11/24/13; Bald Eagle; Double-crested Cormorant
Rockingham County, VA 11/21/13; Northern Saw-whet Owl Banding
Stoney Creek 11/21/13; Immature Purple Finches
East of the Blue Ridge 11/16-20/13; Stoney Creek; Crozet; Rockfish Valley Trail
Augusta County 11/15/13; Stoney Creek 11/16/13
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/14/13 - 16 species
James River State Park; Lake Nelson, VA 11/13/13 - 36 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/11/13 - 30 species; Fox Sparrow
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/10/13 - 21 species; Fox Sparrow
Shenandoah Valley 11/8/13 - Horned Larks
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/6/13 - 34 species; Vesper Sparrow
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/4/13 - 26 species; Sparrows

October 2013
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/24/13 - 10 Sparrow Species
Nazarene Wetlands, Rockingham County, VA 10/22/13 - Stilt Sandpiper
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/21/13 - 30 species; Vesper Sparrow
Augusta County, VA 10/20/13 - 39 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/19/13 - 27 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/18/13 - 27 species
Wintergreen Area 10/15-17/13 - Warblers!
Wintergreen Area 10/14/13 - Merlin; Rufous Hummingbird; Osprey ; Bald Eagle
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/13/13 - Merlin!
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/11/13 - 31 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/9/13 - 25 species; Kinglets
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/8/13 - 44 species; Connecticut Warbler!
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/6/13 - 27 species; Sparrows
Switzer's Dam, Rockingham County, VA 10/4/13 - 5 warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/3/13 - 20 species; Sharp-shinned Hawk
Crozet, VA 10/2/13 - 30 species; 4 warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/1/13 - 26 species; Lincoln's Sparrow

September 2013
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/30/13 - 28 species; 6 warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/28/13 - 40 species; 5 warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/27/13 - 26 species
Augusta County, VA 9/25/13 - 51 species; 9 warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/24/13 - 30 species; Swainson's Thrush; a few warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/23/13 - 36 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/22/13 - 38 species
Wintergreen Area 9/20/13 - a few warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/19/13 - Five warbler species
Wintergreen Area 9/16-18/13 - Warblers
Wintergreen Area 9/13-15/13 - YB Cuckoo; Bald Eagles; a few warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/12/13 - some unusual birds
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/8-9/13 - a few warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/7/13 - Warblers!
Rockfish Valley Trail; Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 9/6/13 - A few Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/4/13 - 33 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/3/13 - 23 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/2/13 - Red-headed Woodpecker!
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/1/13 - 24 species

August 2013
Reddish Knob, VA 8/30/13 - Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/29/13 - 18 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/27/13 - 20 species
Central Virginia 8/26/13 - Horned Larks; Olive-sided Flycatcher; Common Nighthawks
Rockfish Valley Trail; Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 8/24-25/13 - Scarlet Tanagers; Yellow-breasted Chat; hawks
Central Virginia 8/21-22/13 - Rattlesnake; Red-headed Woodpeckers
Wintergreen area 8/19-20/13 - Five warbler species
Central Virginia 8/16-17/13 - A few warblers and hawks
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/15/13 - 29 species; Baltimore Oriole
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 8/13/13 - 15 species; Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Augusta County, VA 8/12/13 - 50 species; Dickcissels, Bobolinks, shorebirds
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/9/13 - 21 species

July 2013
Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park (Montana, USA) 7/22-31/13
Seattle, Washington 7/20-21/13
Swoope, VA 7/15/13 - 23 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/12/13 - 32 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/5/13 - Yellow Warbler

June 2013
Swoope, VA 6/28/13 - Dickcissels!
Blue Ridge Parkway 6/26/13 - A few warblers
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 6/22/13 - 20 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/21/13 - 39 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/19/13 - 30 species
Central Virginia 6/14/13 - Barn Owls
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/12/13 - 32 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/11/13 - 30 species
Canaan Valley, WVA 6/8/13 - Clay-colored Sparrow; Alder Flycatcher
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/5/13 - Yellow birds
Highland County, VA 6/4/13 - Mourning and Golden-winged Warblers

May 2013
Blue Ridge Parkway; Skyline Drive 5/30/13 - A few warblers
Ohio & Michigan Birding trip 5/19-23/13 - Kirtland's Warbler; 114 species
Shenandoah Valley, VA 5/16/13 - Warblers
Highland and Augusta Counties 5/15/13 - Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/14/13 - Warblers; Least Flycatcher
Crozet, VA 5/13/13 - 33 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/12/13 - Warblers; Broad-winged Hawks
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/10/13 - Warblers; Hawks
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/9/13 - Warblers; Crozet, VA - Red-necked Phalarope!
Central Virginia 5/8/13 - Looney Tunes!
Blue Ridge Parkway; Rockfish Valley Trail 5/3/13 - Warblers!
Western Augusta County, VA 5/2/13 - Warblers; Unusual Hummingbird
Blue Ridge Parkway; Waynesboro, VA 5/1/13 - Warblers; Shorebirds; Bear!

April 2013
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/30/13 - 30 species - Yellow Warbler
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/29/13 - 31 species - Blue-winged Warbler; Blue-headed Vireo; Cedar Waxwings
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/27/13 - 33 species - Prairie Warbler; Common Yellowthroat; Yellow-breasted Chat
Dutch Gap, VA 4/26/13 - 46 species; Prothonotary Warblers; Black-billed Cuckoo; Blue Grosbeak
Albemarle & Nelson Counties 4/25/13 - 43 species
Rockfish Valley 4/24/13 - Common Yellowthroats
Central Virginia 4/23/13 - 43 species
Central Virginia 4/22/13 - A good variety
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/21/13 - 33 species
Crozet, VA 4/19/13 - Osprey
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/18/13 - 31 species - Lake and Shore Birds
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/17/13 - 13 more species - Kingbird, Palm Warbler
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/16/13 - 29 species - Common Yellowthroat
Skyline Drive 4/12/13; Rockfish Valley Trail 4/13/13 - Blue-headed Vireo
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/11/13 - 28 species - American Bittern
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/10/13 - 25 species - Pine Siskin
St. Louis, MO area 4/5-8/13 - Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/3/13 - 35 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/2/13 - 30 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/1/13 - 25 species

March 2013
James River State Park 3/30/13 - 35 species
Central Virginia 3/27-29/13 - Winter Birds
New Hope, VA 3/26/13 - Lapland Longspurs!
Stoney Creek 3/20, 23/13 - Horned Grebe; Pine Warblers; Osprey
Central Virginia 3/21-22/13 - Ducks; Hawks
Crozet, VA 3/7-19/13 - Ducks, Grebes, & Raptors
Crozet, VA 3/18/13 - Ducks & Grebes
Central Virginia 3/14/13 - Ducks
Central Virginia 3/10/13 - Short-eared Owls!
Central Virginia 3/8/13 - Lapland Longspur; American Pipits; Horned Larks
Central Virginia 3/3/13 - Ross's and Cackling Geese; Red-tailed and Rough-legged Hawks do battle!
Mathews Loop 3/2/13 - 47 species - Surf Scoters; Gannet

February 2013
Crozet, VA 2/28/13 - Ducks & Hawk
Central Virginia 2/27/13 - Bald Eagles
Dutch Gap, VA 2/25/13 - 53 species - Rufous Hummingbird!
Stoney Creek 2/24/13 - Ducks & Hawks
Highland & Augusta Counties 2/21/13 - Golden Eagles; American Tree Sparrows; Short-eared Owls!
Stoney Creek 2/14/13 - Lake Anna 2/15/13 - Winter Wrens; Western, Pied-billed, & Horned Grebes; Common Loons
Central Virginia 2/9-12/13 - Evening Grosbeak; 2 "Gray Ghosts"
Albemarle County 2/7/13 - Horned Grebe; Goldeneyes; Tundra Swan

January 2013
Southwest Florida - 124 avian species

December 2012
Stoney Creek 12/30/12 - Red-brested Nuthatches; Great Blue Heron
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/28/12 - 20 species - Merlin; Kestrel, Swamp Sparrow
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/21/12 - Gray Ghost #2 returns
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/20/12 - 25 species
Central Virginia 12/18-19/12 - A few hawks
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/18/12 - Harrier & Crow
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/17/12 - 25 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/15/12 - Gray Ghost #2 - the saga continues
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/14/12 - Gray Ghost #2 - sub-adult male
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/13/12 - Gray Ghost #2!
Zion Crossroads 12/12/12 - Gray Ghost and other Harriers!
Stoney Creek 12/10/12; Crozet 12/11/12
Central Virginia 12/7-8/12 - Searching for Life Birds
Wintergreen Area 12/6/12 - 34 species
Dutch Gap, VA 12/3/12 - 47 species - American Bittern; Marsh Wren!

November 2012
Augusta County, VA 11/29/12 - 41 species - Hawks; Bald Eagles; BC Night Heron!
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/28/12 - 23 species - Cooper's Hawk; Savannah Sparrow
Nelson County, VA 11/26/12 - 41 species - Hawks; Bald Eagles!
Central Virginia 11/22-25/12 - Hawks
Central Virginia 11/20/12 - 25 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/19/12 - Hawk Wars!
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/18/12 - 29 species - Bald Eagles; Northern Harrier; Palm Warbler
Central Virginia 11/16/12 - Lake and Shore Birds
Central Virginia 11/13-14/12 - Raptors
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/12/12 - 23 species - Fox Sparrow; Palm Warbler
Stuart's Draft & Crozet, VA 11/9/12 - 32 species
Wintergreen Area 11/8/12 - 33 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/6/12 - 33 species - Fox Sparrow; Northern Harrier
Rockingham County, VA 11/5/12 - 2 new life birds
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/4/12 - 22 species - Lincoln's Sparrow
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/3/12 - 35 species
Crozet, VA 11/1/12; Rockfish Valley Trail 11/2/12 - 31 species

October 2012
Post-superstorm Sandy birding 10/30-31/12
Stoney Creek 10/28/12 - 28 species - BTB Warbler
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/26/12 - 30 species - Northern Harrier
Stoney Creek 10/25/12 - 32 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/24/12 - 41 species - Sparrows
Crozet, VA 10/23/12 - Wilson's Snipe
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/22/12 - 33 species - Sparrows
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/20/12 - 50 species
Stoney Creek; Crozet, VA 10/15;19/12 - Sparrows
Williamsburg, VA 10/17/12
Crozet, VA 10/14/12 - Sparrows
Rockfish Valley Trail; Stoney Creek 10/13/12 - 48 species
Crozet, VA 10/12/12 - Double Eagle!
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/11/12 - 37 species - Sparrows and Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/10/12 - 37 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/6/12 - 71 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/5/12 - 48 species
Crozet, VA 10/4/12 - 36 species including 8 warbler species; Black-billed Cuckoo; Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/3/12 - 52 species including 6 warbler species; Bobolink; Merlin
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/1/12 - 36 species including 5 warbler species; Lincoln's Sparrows; Kestrels

September 2012
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/29/12 - 65 species including 13 warbler species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/28/12 - 44 species; Merlin; Warbling Vireo
Rockfish Valley Trail; Stoney Creek 9/27/12 - 51 species including 8 warbler species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/26/12 - 37 species including 6 warbler species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/25/12 - 40 species including 6 warbler species; Black-billed Cuckoo
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/24/12 - 50 species including 9 warbler species; Yellow-bellied Flycatcher; Red-headed Woodpecker
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/22/12 - 41 species including 5 warbler species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/21/12 - 51 species including 11 warbler species; Red-headed Woodpecker
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/20/12 - 47 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/19/12 - 35 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/17/12 - Connecticut & Mourning Warblers; Olive-sided Flycatcher!
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/16/12 - Broad-winged Hawks
Rockfish Valley Trail; Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/15/12 - Olive-sided Flycatcher!
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/14/12 - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher; Blue-winged & other Warblers!
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/13/12 - 44 species; Yellow-bellied Flycatcher; Blue-winged & Lawrence's Warblers!
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/12/12 - 43 species; Warblers! Hawks!
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/11/12 - Bobolink!
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/10/12 - Warblers!
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/7-8/12 - Eagles!
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/7/12 - 26 species - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher!
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/4/12 - 33 species
Stoney Creek; Rockfish Valley Trail 9/1-2/12 - Warblers

August 2012
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/31/12 - Immature White-eyed Vireo
Reddish Knob Area 8/30/12 - 43 species; 8 warbler species!
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/29/12 - 34 species; BTG Warbler
Stoney Creek; Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway 8/27/12
Nelson, Augusta, and Rockbridge Counties 8/23-24/12
Highland and Rockbridge Counties 8/20-21/12 - Swallow-tailed Kite!
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/18/12 - 26 species
Lexington, VA 8/17/12 - 18 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/15/12 - 40 species
Rockingham County, VA 8/13/12 - Warblers; Vireos; Bear!
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/11/12 - 22 species
Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway 8/9/12
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/4/12 - 42 species
Crozet, VA 8/3/12 - Ducks

July 2012
Wintergreen area 7/31/12 - Birds, Bees, and Butterflies
Augusta County, VA 7/29/12 - North River Loop
Skyline Drive 7/28/12
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/25/12 - 37 species; Purple Martin; Willow Flycatcher
Dutch Gap and Piney Grove Preserve, VA 7/23/12
New Hope, VA 7/19/12 - Dickcissels!
Crozet, VA 7/16/12 - Wading birds; Bald Eagle
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/14/12 - 29 species
Stuart's Draft, VA 7/11/12 - Great Crested Flycatcher
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 7/10/12 - Storm Damage
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/3/12 - 24 species

June 2012
Highland County, VA 6/27/12 - Northern Parula; Golden-winged Warblers!
Swoope, VA 6/26/12 - Horned Lark; Grasshopper Sparrow
Stoney Creek 6/23/12 & Rockfish Valley Trail 6/25/12 - Warblers; Cuckoo
Highland and Augusta Counties, VA 6/20/12 - 47 species
Highland County, VA 6/15/12 - Ruffed Grouse!
Crozet, VA 6/14/12 - Bald Eagle; Herons; Juvenile Woodpecker
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/13/12 - 29 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/11/12 - 20 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 6/10-11/12 - Red-shouldered Hawk fledglings update
Crozet, VA 6/8/12 - Bald Eagle!
Dutch Gap, Richmond, VA 6/5/12 - Prothonotary and Yellow-throated Warblers!
Northern Neck Virginia area 6/4/12 - 36 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/2/12 - 33 species

May 2012
Greater Wintergreen area 5/29-31/12 - Some interesting birds
Shenandoah Valley, VA 5/27/12 - Pileated Woodpeckers
Crozet, VA 5/26/12 - Semipalmated Plover and Sandpipers!
Blue Ridge Parkway 5/25/12 - A few warblers
Blue Ridge Parkway 5/23/12 - A few warblers
Wintergreen area 5/20-22/12 - More Red-shouldered Hawk chicks!
Highland County, VA 5/19/12 - Golden-winged/Brewster's Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway 5/18/12 - Warblers!
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/16/12 - 31 species
Stoney Creek & Crozet, VA 5/15/12 - Black Tern!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 5/13/12 - Red-shouldered Hawk chicks update
Blue Ridge Parkway & Crozet, VA 5/11/12 - Warblers & Shorebirds
Wintergreen area 5/10/12 - Red-shouldered Hawk chicks!
Stoney Creek & Crozet, VA 5/9/12 - Warblers & Shorebirds
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 5/8/12 - More Fox Kit Photos
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/7/12 - 26 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 5/6/12 - Fox Kit
Blue Ridge Parkway 5/4-5/12 - Warblers!
Crozet, VA 5/3/12 - 32 Species
Warren Ferry and Fortune's Cove VA 5/2/12 - Warblers

April 2012
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/30/12 - 38 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/29/12 - Sandpipers; Osprey
St. Louis, MO 4/24-27/12 - A few species
Blue Ridge Parkway 4/20/12 - Warblers!
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/19/12 - Eagle, Hawk
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/17/12 - 28 species
Central Virginia 4/16/12 - Warblers, Cormorant, Eagle, Hawks
Crozet, VA 4/14/12 - Eagles; Sandpipers
Blue Ridge Parkway 4/13/12 - B&W Warbler
Wintergreen Area 4/12/12 - 32 species
Central Virginia 4/5-11/12 - 40 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/4/12 - 33 species - Kestrels!
Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge Parkway 4/3/12 - Vesper Sparrow
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/31/12 & Warren Ferry, VA 4/1/12 - Yellow-throated Warbler!

March 2012
Crozet, VA 3/30/12 - 33 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/28-29/12 - 25 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/27/12 - Kestrels!
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/26/12 - Kestrel Box
Ridgeview Park (Waynesboro, VA) 3/26/12 - 18 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/25/12 - Hawks, Owl, and Woodpecker Wars!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/24/12 - Red-breasted Mergansers!
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/23/12 - 33 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) & Rockfish Valley Trail 3/22/12
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/21/12 - 36 species - Louisiana Waterthrush, Kestrels, Sparrows!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/20/12 - 33 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/19/12 - Garter Snake
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/16/12 - Carolina Chickadee Cavity Nest
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/15/12 - 24 Species
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/14/12 - Virginia Rail
Shenandoah Valley & Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/11/12
Crozet, VA 3/10/12 - Bald Eagle!
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/9/12 - 22 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/7/12 - Ducks!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/5-6/12 - Snow Birds
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/4/12 - 26 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/3/12 - Ducks!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) & Stuart's Draft, VA 3/1-2/12 - 34 Species

February 2012
Rockfish Valley Trail 2/28/12 - 24 Species - Hawks!
Stuart's Draft, VA 2/27/12 - Lark Sparrow; Greater White-fronted Geese; Horned Larks
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/26/12 - 25 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/25/12 - Rusty Blackbirds!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/23/12 - 25 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/22/12 - Red-shouldered Hawks!
Rockfish Valley Trail 2/21/12 - 20 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/20/12 - GBBC
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/18/12 - GBBC
Rockfish Valley Trail 2/17/12 - 28 Species - GBBC
Stuart's Draft, VA 2/9/12 - Lark Sparrow; American Pipits; American Wigeons
Rockfish Valley Trail 2/6/12 - 20 Species - Northern Harrier!

January 2012
Naples, Florida 1/15-29/12 - 84 avian species
Rockfish Valley Trail 1/12/12 - 20 Species - Red-shouldered Hawks, Red-tailed Hawk
Rockfish Valley Trail 1/10/12 - 20 Species - Kestrel, Red-tailed Hawk
Stuart's Draft, VA 1/6/12 - Lark Sparrow!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 1/3/12 - 23 Species
Rockfish Valley Trail 1/2/12 - 16 Species

December 2011
Waynesboro, VA 12/31/11 - American Wigeon
Zion Crossroads, VA 12/29/11 - Short-eared Owls; Northern Harriers
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/26/11 - 20 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 12/22/11 - 22 Species
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/19/11 - 23 Species; Raptors!
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/16/11 - 22 Species; Kestrel
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 12/15/11 - Cooper's Hawk
Stuart's Draft, VA 12/13/11
Crozet, VA 12/12/11
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/11/11 - 23 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 12/8-10/11
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 12/2,3/11 - Snow Goose!
Shenandoah Valley 12/1/11 - Rough-legged Hawk!

November 2011
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen); Rockfish Valley Trail 11/29,30/11 - Snow Goose!
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/24/11 - 24 Species
James River Wildlife Management Area 11/19/11 - 12 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen); Rockfish Valley Trail 11/18/11 - Great Horned Owl, Hawks!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/12,15/11; Rockfish Valley Trail 11/14/11
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/8/11; Rockfish Valley Trail 11/9/11
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/7/11 - 21 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/4/11- 23 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/3/11 - Coyote!

October 2011
London, England 10/27/11 - 11/1/11
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/25/11 - 21 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/24/11 - 34 species
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch; Rockfish Valley Trail 10/21/11
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/20/11 - 30 species - Blue-headed Vireo; White-crowned Sparrow; Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/18/11 - 29 species - Sparrows; Kestrel; Warblers
Rockfish Valley 10/16/11- Usual species
Rockfish Valley 10/13-14/11- A few warblers
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 10/8-11/11- Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/10/11 - 42 species - Sparrows; Kestrel
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/7/11 - 44 species - Sparrows!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 10/6/11- 20 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/5/11 - 41 species - Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway; Wintergreen Mountain 10/4/11- a few birds
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/3/11 - 20 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/2/11 - 33 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 10/1/11- 20 species

September 2011
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/30/11 - 31 species - Cuckoos; Hawks!
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/29/11 - 29 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/28/11 - 35 species - Warblers!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 9/27/11 - Warblers!
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/26/11 - 24 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/24/11 - 26 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/22/11 - 31 species - RS/RT/BW/SS Hawks; Merlin
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/21/11 - 40 species - Warblers, Vireos
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/19/11 - 30 species - Broad-winged Hawks, Bald Eagle, Warblers
Blue Ridge Parkway; Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/18/11 - Broad-winged Hawks
Rockfish Valley Trail VEA Bird Walk 9/17/11 - 50 species; Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/16/11 - 27 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/14/11 - 31 species - Vireos, Warblers, Wrens, Thrush
Blue Ridge Parkway; Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/13/11 - Raptors!
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/12/11 - 21 species
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/11/11 - Bald Eagles
Blue Ridge Parkway 9/9/11 - Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/8/11 - 34 species - Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Rockfish Valley Trail; Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 9/7/11 - 28 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 9/3/11; Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/4/11
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/2/11 - Blue Grosbeak
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 9/2/11 - Magnolia Warbler!

August 2011
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/30/11 - 22 Species
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 8/29/11 - not much today
New Hampshire 8/23-26/11
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/21/11 - 22 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 8/18/11 - Great Crested Flycatcher
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/17/11 - 28 Species
Blue Ridge Parkway 8/16/11 - Juvenile Hawks
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/15/11 - 27 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 8/12/11 - Herons
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 8/11/11 - Cooper's Hawk
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/10/11 - 24 Species
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/9/11 - Willow Flycatcher
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 8/8/11 - Yellow-billed Cuckoo!

July 2011
North Atlantic Ocean Crossing 7/20-27/11
London, England 7/12-20/11
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/5/11 - Yellow-breasted Chat; Mystery Bird

June 2011
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen); Rockfish Valley Trail 6/29/11 - Weird day!
Wintergreen Mountain 6/28/11 - Red-tailed Hawk & garter snake
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 6/27/11 - Green Herons
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/27/11 - 39 Species
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/26/11 - Louisiana Waterthrush
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 6/25/11 - Green Herons; Pine Warbler
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/24/11 - Orchard Orioles
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/22/11 - Yellow-breasted Chat
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/14/11; Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 6/15/11
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/13/11 - Yellow Warbler; juvenile birds
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/11/11 - Yellow Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/9/11 - Bluebirds; Close Encounter!
Wintergreen Mountain; Blue Ridge Parkway 6/7/11 - Hawks; Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/6/11 - Hawks
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/3/11 - Yellow-breasted Chat; Bank(?) Swallow

May 2011
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/26/11 - White-eyed Vireo
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/25/11 - Olive-sided Flycatcher
Blue Ridge Parkway 5/23/11 - Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/22/11 - White-eyed Vireo
Mint Springs Park (Crozet, VA) 5/21/11 - Warblers?
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 5/19/11 - Red-winged Blackbirds
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/19/11 - Warbler ID Thread
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/18/11 - Warblers
Crozet, VA; Rockfish Valley Trail 5/16/11 - Rainy day birds
Wintergreen Mountain; Blue Ridge Parkway 5/12/11 - Tanagers; Warblers
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 5/11/11 - Worm-eating Warbler
Blue Ridge Parkway 5/10/11 - Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/9/11 - Yellow Warbler and more
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/6/11 - 22 species
Charlottesville; Blue Ridge Parkway 5/5/11 - Warblers
Blue Ridge Parkway 5/2/11 - Warblers; Sharp-shinned Hawk
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/1/11 - 35 species

April 2011
Blue Ridge Parkway 4/30/11 - Warblers!
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/29/11 - 36 species: FOS Blue Grosbeak; FOS Red-eyed Vireo
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/28/11 - FOS Yellow-breasted Chat
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/27/11 - FOS Indigo Buntings
Rockfish Valley Trail; Wintergreen Mountain; 4/26/11
Rockfish Valley Trail; Wintergreen Mountain; Blue Ridge Parkway 4/25/11
Blue Ridge Parkway 4/24/11 - Bear!
Wintergreen Mountain 4/23/11 - Leucistic Chickadee
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/22/11 - 21 Species
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/21/11 - Merlin; Common Yellowthroat; tail-less Turkey Vulture
Blue Ridge Parkway 4/21/11 - In Search of Warblers, but none seen
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/20/11 - 30 species - FOS Orchard Oriole
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/19/11 - Solitary Sandpipers
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/18/11 - 28 species - Storm Damage
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/15/11 - A few good photos; brown & orange skunk
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/14/11 - 26 species - New Trail Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/13/11 - 30 avian species, Ratsnake
Stoney Creek; Old Trails (Crozet, VA) 4/11/11 - A few birds
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/10/11 - Broad-winged Hawk; Warblers
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/7/11 - Towhee; Coot; Thrasher, Goose Eggs
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/6/11 - 25 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/5/11 - Double-crested Cormorant; Blue-winged Teal, Greater Yellowlegs
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/4/11 - Double-crested Cormorant; Ducks
Shenandoah Valley near Stuart's Draft, VA 4/2/11 - Trumpeter Swan!

March 2011
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/31/11 - Osprey, Sparrows; LA Waterthrush
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/31/11 - Cooper's Hawk; Brown Creepers
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/30/11 - Cooper's Hawks
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/29/11 - Common Merganser; Swallows!
Old Trail (Crozet, VA) 3/28/11 - Lesser Scaup
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/26-27/11 - Brown Creepers
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/24/11 - Windy Morning
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/21-22/11 - Wildlife Surprises!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/18/11 - Great Blue Heron and Kingfisher
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) and Shenandoah Valley 3/16/11
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/13/11 - Black-capped Chickadee
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/12/11 - More Ducks; Common Mergansers!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/11/11 - Ducky morning!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/7/11 - Winter Wren; Kinglets
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/3/11 - Interesting Species!
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/2/11 - 19 Species; Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk

February 2011
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/28/11 - Spring! RWBlackbirds, Ring-necked Ducks
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/19/11 - GBBC report 267 birds, 20 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/17/11 - 21 Species - Winter Wren
Rockfish Valley Trail 2/15/11 - 17 Species; Mink!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/10-14/11 - Great Blue Herons, Red-shouldered Hawks

January 2011
New Zealand 1/21-30/11
Australia 1/8-21/11
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 1/3/11 - Hairy Woodpecker, Red-shouldered Hawk
CBC Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 1/2/11 - 20 Species

December 2010
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 12/30-31/10 - Icy Ponds and Lakes
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 12/7-8/10 - Winter List - 50 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 12/6/10 - 15 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 12/3/10 - 23 species - Herons!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 12/2/10 - 22 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 12/1/10 - 20 species

November 2010
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/29/10 - 25 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/28/10 - Lake Birds
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/27/10 - Red-tailed Hawk aerial combat!
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/24/10 - 22 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/23/10 - American Coot
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/22/10 - Quiet Afternoon
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/19/10 - Mergansers and Buffleheads
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/19/10 - Hawks
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/18/10 - Golden-crowned Kinglets; Sharp-shinned Hawk
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/15/10 - Winter Birds
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 11/14/10 - Red-tailed Hawks
Rockfish Valley Trail & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 11/11/10 - Fox Sparrows
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/8-9/10 - Hawks and Kingfishers
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 11/7/10 - Golden Eagle!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/6/10 - 20 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 11/5/10 - 25 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/3/10 - Sapsucker; Heron: Hermit Thrushes
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch and Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 11/2/10 - Hawks; Otter; Herons

October 2010
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 10/31/10 - Eagles and Cormorants
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 10/29-30/10 - Winter Birds
Rockfish Valley Trail & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 10/29/10 - Loon!
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/26/10 - Misty morning
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 10/24/10 - Hawks and Bugs
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 10/22/10 - Missed Opportunities
Rockfish Valley Trail & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 10/21/10 - Kestrels!
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/19/10 - Eight Species of Sparrows!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 10/18/10 - 25 species - Red-breasted Nuthatch
Rockfish Valley Trail & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 10/17/10 - Eagles!
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/15/10 - Nine Species of Sparrows!
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/10/10 - Sparrows!
Rockfish Valley Trail 10/9/10 - female Dickcissel
North Atlantic Ocean Crossing 10/1-7/10

September 2010
London, England 9/21-30/10
Rockfish Valley Trail & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/18/10 - Broad-winged Hawks!
Rockfish Valley Trail & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/17/10 - Warblers!
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/16/10 - Hawks; Falcons; Eagles
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/15/10 - Harrier; Raven; Falcons; Hummingbirds
Blue Ridge Parkway & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/14/10 - Bald Eagles!
Rockfish Valley Trail & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/13/10 - Baltimore Oriole and Least Flycatcher
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/11/10 - Osprey
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/11/10 - Warbling Vireo; Warblers; Raptors
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/9/10 - Philadelphia Vireo; Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/8/10 - Osprey
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 9/7/10 - Osprey; Broad-winged Hawks
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/6/10 - 33 species - Chestnut-sided Warbler; Baltimore Orioles; Broad-winged Hawk
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/5/10 - Osprey; Hawks
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/3/10 - Harriers; Sandpiper
Rockfish Valley Trail 9/2/10 - Herons
Blue Ridge Parkway & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 9/1/10 - Warblers!

August 2010
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/31/10 - 21 Species - Baltimore Oriole
Blue Ridge Parkway & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 8/30/10 - Hawks; Harrier; Bald Eagle
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 8/29/10 - Hawks; Ospreys; Bald Eagle
Rockfish Valley Trail & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 8/28/10 - Willow & Least Flycatchers
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/26/10 - Olive-sided Flycatcher
Rockfish Valley Trail & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 8/25/10 - Willow Flycatcher; Bald Eagle sub-adult III
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/22/10 - 25 Species - Hawks; Kingfisher; Common Yellowthroats
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 8/21/10 - Hawks; Bald Eagle
Rockfish Valley Trail & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 8/20/10 - 25 Species - Grasshopper Sparrow; Herons
Rockfish Valley Trail & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 8/17/10 - Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/16/10 - 25 species: Great Egrets; juvenile White-eyed Vireo
Blue Ridge Parkway & Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch 8/9/10 - Pileated Woodpecker
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/7/10 - 24 species: Kestrel; Cooper's Hawk; Kingfishers
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/6/2010 - Juvenile Cooper's Hawk
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/4/2010 - 25 species, Cooper's Hawk, Kingbird, Scarlet Tanager
Blue Ridge Parkway 8/3/2010 - More Warblers
Rockfish Valley Trail 8/2/2010 - Barn Swallows molting

July 2010
Blue Ridge Parkway 7/30/2010 - Warblers!
Blue Ridge Parkway 7/29/2010 - Scarlet Tanager, Canada Warbler
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/26/2010 - 29 species; Great Egret; Great Crested Flycatcher
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/22/2010 - Skunk
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/17/2010 - Yellow-breasted Chat; juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk; Grasshopper Sparrow
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/16/2010 - 26 species; juvenile Towhee
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 7/15/2010 - Scarlet Tanager
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/14/2010 - 26 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/12/2010 - Warblers; Blue Grosbeak; Orchard Oriole
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/11/2010 - Yellow-breasted Chat; Common Yellowthroat; Herons; Tanager; White-eyed Vireo
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/9/2010 - Cedar Waxwing juvenile
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/5/2010 - 15 species
Rockfish Valley Trail 7/2/2010 - juvenile Barn Swallows

June 2010
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/28/2010 - Bobwhite; Green Herons; American Redstarts
Louisa County 6/26/2010 - 16th ANNUAL PURPLE MARTIN FIELD DAY
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/25/2010 - 21 species
Ivy Creek (Charlottesville) 6/17/2010 - Common Yellowthroat
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/11/2010 - Green Heron
Shenandoah Valley 6/11/2010 - Great Blue Heron rookery
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 6/9/2010 - Pileated Woodpeckers; Great-crested Flycatcher
Blue Ridge Parkway 6/8/2010 - Black Bear
Rockfish Valley Trail 6/6/2010 - 16 species

May 2010
Nelson County 5/31/2010 - Screech Owls
Blue Ridge Parkway 5/31/2010 - Hooded Warbler; Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Ridge Parkway 5/27/2010 - Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Mint Springs Park 5/26/2010 - Kentucky Warblers; Acadian Flycatcher
Mint Springs Park 5/22/2010 - Swainson's Thrush
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/19/2010 - Cedar Waxwings
Central Arizona 5/5-10/2010 - 46 species; lizards; Gopher Snake
Rockfish Valley Trail 5/2/2010 - Baltimore Oriole; Yellow Warbler

April 2010
Blue Ridge Parkway 4/30/2010 - Warblers!
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/29/2010 - 29 species - Indigo Bunting; Orchard Oriole
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/28/2010 - Green Heron; Barn Swallows
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/23/2010 - Cooper's Hawk
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/20/2010 - 24 species - Great Egret; Blue-headed Vireo
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/17/2010 - 18 species
Blue Ridge Parkway 4/15/2010 - Dark-eyed Junco
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/14/2010 - Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/12/2010 - White-eyed Vireo; Common Yellowthroat
Rockfish Valley Trail 4/6/2010 - Tree Swallow
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/3/2010 - Carpenter Bee
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 4/1/2010 - Osprey!

March 2010
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/31/2010 - Hawks and Ducks
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/30/2010 - Northern Shovelers; Ring-necked Duck
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/29/2010 - Hooded Mergansers; Ring-necked Duck
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/25/2010 - Great Blue Heron
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/22/2010 - juvenile male Hooded Merganser
Rockfish Valley Trail 3/19/2010 - Downy Woodpeckers
Rockfish Valley Trail; Stoney Creek 3/18/2010 - 22 Species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/17/2010 - female Rusty Blackbird
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/16/2010 - Beaver; Wood Ducks
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/11/2010 - Early Spring Wildlife
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/10/2010 - Red-shouldered Hawks
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 3/3/2010 - Brown Creeper

February 2010
Shenandoah Valley 2/27/2010 - Rough-legged Hawk!
Crozet, VA 2/21/2010 - Hawks and Ducks
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/20/2010 - red-morph Eastern Screech-Owl
Shenandoah Valley 2/19/2010 - female American Kestrel
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/18/2010 - Yellow-rumped Warbler
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/14/2010 - Great Backyard Bird Count - 20 species
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 2/11/2010 - Ruby-crowned Kinglet

January 2010
Shenandoah Valley 1/29/2010 - Rough-legged Hawk!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 1/28/2010 - Red-tailed Hawk; Great Blue Heron
Rockfish Valley Trail 1/19/2010 - Chipping Sparrows
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 1/15/2010 - Red-shouldered Hawk; Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Rockfish Valley Trail 1/14/2010 - 20 Species
Nelson County 1/12/2010 - Red Fox; Raccoon; Hawks
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 1/11/2010 - American Robin Invasion
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 1/10/2010 - Great Horned Owl; Red-shouldered Hawk
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 1/9/2010 - Great Horned Owl!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 1/5/2010 - Redheads!
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 1/3/2010 - Golden-crowned Kinglet
Stoney Creek (Wintergreen) 1/2/2010 - Christmas Bird Count



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