Crozet, VA 10/24-29/2022

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

Old Trail

I didn't have a lot of time for birding this week, and only managed to log 33 avian species here in Old Trail during three hikes. But I did have a few highlights to share.

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Blue Jay

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Carolina Wren

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Yellow-rumped Warbler

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Red-shouldered Hawk

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Red-shouldered Hawk

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Pileated Woodpecker

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Red-bellied Woodpecker

I saw my First of Season (FOS) Brown Creeper.

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Brown Creeper

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Brown Creeper

Tennessee Warblers are usually out of the area by October 15, but I saw one here on October 27. It was more interested in foraging than my taking close-up photos.

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Tennessee Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

On October 29, I saw my FOS Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (a juvenile).

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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Summer resident Chipping Sparrows have been gone for a few weeks, but we seem to have a flock of 30-50 of them that spend the winter here in Old Trail, and I saw quite a few of them. I'm hoping that it is the winter flock that has returned.

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Northern Mockingbird, two House Finches, and a Chipping Sparrow

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House Finch and Chipping Sparrow

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Five Chipping Sparrows

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Chipping Sparrow

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Chipping Sparrow

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Chipping Sparrow

My Old Trail week list:

Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Field Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
Brown Creeper
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Mockingbird
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Great Blue Heron
Chipping Sparrow
Pileated Woodpecker
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker


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