After finding a migrating Kentucky Warbler yesterday morning, I went back up to Route 610 to see if there might be others. At my first stop at the old tower, the only warbler I saw there was a Hooded.
Hooded Warbler
Hooded Warbler
A bit farther down the road, I saw a few American Redstarts.
American Redstart
American Redstart
American Redstart
When I got to the location where I had seen the Kentucky Warbler yesterday, it wasn't there, but I did see my only Cerulean Warbler of this outing. And then I found my second Hooded Warbler of the morning about another half mile down the road.
Cerulean Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Hooded Warbler
When I got to the intersection of 610 and mm. 4 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, I decided to get onto the parkway and take it to 3 Ridges Overlook. The good news is that unless road crews are going to put another layer on top of the re-surfacing, it's done except for the road lines being painted. The bad news is that all of the road work seems to have driven birds farther into the woods. I had logged 19 avian species on Route 610, and added 4 more on the parkway. I retruned on the same route, and once again, saw the Hooded Warbler by the old tower.
Hooded Warbler
Hooded Warbler
I did see quite a few butterflies up there this morning.
Pipevine Swallowtail
Tiger Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Monarch
There were also several Hummingbird Moths. They seemed to be a bit smaller than I remember from previous years, but they gave me a good opportunity to try some high speed photography to stop their wing action.
Hummingbird Moths
Hummingbird Moth
Hummingbird Moth
Hummingbird Moth
Hummingbird Moth
Hummingbird Moth
Hummingbird Moth
Hummingbird Moth
Hummingbird Moth
Hummingbird Moth