Rockfish Valley Trail 9/6/10


Met up with Augusta Bird Club members Ed and Nancy L., and Walt and Nancy C. at 8:30 a.m. at the kiosk. A Pileated Woodpecker greeted us with a fly over. We soon met Monticello Bird Club members Jenny G. and Lois G. on the trail who joined my guided bird walk. We spent 3 hours hiking the downstream and Glenthorne Loop trails, and logged 33 species.

We had two "unknown warblers" that I later identifed from processed photos as a first year female Baltimore Oriole, and the other as first fall female Chestnut-sided Warbler. We also saw a Broad-winged Hawk. There were a couple of large Turkey and Black Vulture kettles, and I told the group to see if our resident tail-less Turkey Vulture was in the group, and sure enough it was. When we finished at 11:30, another birder couple had just arrived for their first time on the trail.

Pileated Woodpecker
American Goldfinch
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Flicker
Indigo Bunting

American Crow
Chipping Sparrow
Cedar Waxing
Field Sparrow
Palm Warbler
Green Heron
Chestnut-sided Warbler
White-eyed Vireo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Blue Jay
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Northern Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture (one tailless)
Broad-winged Hawk
Chimney Swift
Carolina Wren
Downy Woodpecker

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Scarlet Tanager


Pileated Woodpecker


first year female Baltimore Oriole


Eastern Bluebird


Eastern Bluebird


Blue-headed Vireo


Scarlet Tanager


Broad-winged Hawk


Eastern Wood-Pewee


tail-less Turkey Vulture


first fall female Chestnut-sided Warbler


first fall female Chestnut-sided Warbler


Baltimore Oriole


Blue-gray Gnatcatchers


Downy Woodpecker



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