Although I took 35,000 wildlife photos this year, I haven't been able to go out with my camera since before Thanksgiving, except for one short outing in December. It was fun going through my photos from this year, and tough to pick my favorites, either because of image beauty or rarity. Here's my pick.
Barred Owl; Blue Ridge Parkway, VA;
7/11/2022
Blue Grosbeak; Crozet, VA;
7/3/2022
Blackburnian Warbler; Reddish Knob, VA;
5/17/2022
Eastern Bluebird; Crozet, VA;
1/18/2022
Black-throated Green Warbler; Reddish Knob, VA;
5/17/2022
Cape May Warbler; Waynesboro, VA;
5/10/2022
Cedar Waxwings; Crozet, VA;
11/2/2022
Cerulean Warbler; Blue Ridge Parkway, VA;
5/10/2022
Clay-colored Sparrow; Crozet, VA;
10/7/2022
Cooper's Hawk; Crozet, VA
10/13/2022
Dark-eyed (Cassiar) Junco; Crozet, VA;
1/23/2022
Northern Flicker; Rockfish Valley, VA;
4/22/2022
Garter Snake; Crozet, VA;
4/14/2022
Great Blue Heron; Crozet, VA;
11/16/2022
Green Heron; Crozet, VA;
10/3/2022
Hermit Thrush; Crozet, VA;
1/24/2022
Killdeer; Crozet, VA;
5/26/2022
Lincoln's Sparrow; Crozet, VA;
10/21/2022
MacGillivray's Warbler; Rockingham County, VA;
12/5/2022
Merlin; Crozet, VA;
9/30/2022
Northern Waterthrush; Waynesboro, VA;
5/5/2022
Pine Warbler; Crozet, VA;
3/22/2022
Pileated Woodpecker; Crozet, VA;
11/21/2002
Red-breasted Nuthatch; Crozet, VA;
10/12/2022
Red Crossbill; Reddish Knob, VA
5/17/2022
Red-shouldered Hawk; Crozet, VA;
11/21/2002
Ruby-throated Hummingbird; Route 610, VA;
9/4/2022
Scarlet Tanager; Route 610, VA
7/15/2022
Tennessee Warbler; Crozet, VA;
10/27/2022
Snapping Turtle; Crozet, VA;
4/15/2022
Worm-eating Warbler; Blue Ridge Parkway, VA;
5/19/2020
Winter Wren; Crozet, VA;
11/14/2022