Crozet, VA 11/7/2021

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

Old Trail

With the return of standard time, I started birding this morning almost an hour later EBT ("Eastern Bird Time") than I had been going out during the first few days of this month. I wanted to see if I could get another 30 or more avian species for the day here in Old Trail. I hadn't seen any new arrivals after a couple of hours, and was stuck on 29 avian species this morning. And it took a lot of hiking to get this many species.

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Song Sparrow

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Song Sparrow

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Song Sparrow

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White-crowned Sparrow

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Field Sparrow

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Chipping Sparrow

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Yellow-rumped Warbler

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Downy Woodpecker

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Eastern Bluebird

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Carolina Wren

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Palm Warbler

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Palm Warbler

I decided to look for the Pileated Woodpecker near its tree cavity, where I had seen it working on Friday, but it wasn't there, and I didn't know if I would make it to 30 species this morning. I hiked quite a bit more, but was still stuck on 29. I made a second pass to look for "Woody," but no luck. However, a couple of minutes later, I heard a Northern Flicker (# 30), and it landed in a tree right above me.

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Northern Flicker

30 seconds later, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (# 31) flew to the next tree.

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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

A minute later, my first of season Purple Finch (# 32) and a House Finch (# 33) flew in close to me.

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Purple Finch

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House Finch

And a minute later, a Cedar Waxwing (# 34) flew in nearby.

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Cedar Waxwing

I guess these last five species wanted to make sure I counted them on my morning list! I saw my second Red-bellied Woodpecker of the morning as well, and this one had one of the brightest red bellies I have seen on this species.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker

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Red-bellied Woodpecker

This morning's list:

Canada Goose
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Eastern Phoebe
White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Flicker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
House Finch
Purple Finch
Cedar Waxwing


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