Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 9/28/2023

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

I met up with Tink Moyer, and we birded on the parkway and Route 610. While it wasn't especially "birdy," we did encounter a few mixed warbler flocks. We had 6 confirmed warbler species, and possibly saw a Black-throated Green. I thought that I had photographed a Bay-breasted Warbler, but couldn't find it in my photos, and now think that it might have been a Tennessee. I also photographed an unidentified warbler.

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Blackpoll Warbler

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Blackpoll Warbler

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Black-throated Blue Warbler

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Black-throated Blue Warbler

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Cape May Warbler

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Cape May Warbler

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Cape May Warbler

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Cape May Warbler

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Cape May Warblers

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Common Yellowthroat

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Common Yellowthroat

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Common Yellowthroat

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Magnolia Warbler

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Magnolia 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 (my Bay-breasted?)

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Tennessee Warbler (my Bay-breasted?)

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Tennessee Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

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Tennessee Warbler

The unidentified warbler was small and yellow brown with no wing bars. It appeared to have a complete white eye-ring, and pinkish legs and feet. It's undertail pattern doesn't seem to fit any of the warblers with similar features.

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Unidentified warbler (?)

We saw several other avian species, including a first year Scarlet Tanager and our FOS Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

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Scarlet Tanager

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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

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White-eyed Vireo


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