Red-bellied Woodpecker
It wasn't supposed to rain until late afternoon, but once again, the local weather forecasters got it wrong. It was cloudy all day, with intermittent drizzle/light rain, and I spent a lot of my time this morning under tree cover waiting for the rain to stop. And it was dark, so all my photos were taken with high ISO and are a bit grainy.
But there were reports of large, mixed flocks of warblers yesterday about 50 miles north of here, so I wanted to see what birds might have made a stop here in the Rockfish Valley. Most of the birds were deep in heavy leaf cover when it was drizzling, and scattered when the rain stopped.
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Gray Catbird
The weather did not change when I did a late morning hike closer to home, but I did manage to see three warbler species and a Swainson's Thrush.
Common Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat
Black-throated Green Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Swainson's Thrush
Chipping Sparrows