Route 610, VA 7/29/2020

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

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.

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Hooded Warbler

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Hooded Warbler

A bit farther down the road, I saw a few American Redstarts.

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American Redstart

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American Redstart

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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.

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Cerulean Warbler

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Cerulean Warbler

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Cerulean Warbler

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Cerulean Warbler

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Hooded Warbler

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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.

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Hooded Warbler

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Hooded Warbler

I did see quite a few butterflies up there this morning.

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Pipevine Swallowtail

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Tiger Swallowtail

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Black Swallowtail

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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.

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Hummingbird Moths

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Hummingbird Moth

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Hummingbird Moth

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Hummingbird Moth

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Hummingbird Moth

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Hummingbird Moth

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Hummingbird Moth

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Hummingbird Moth

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Hummingbird Moth

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Hummingbird Moth


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