This morning I birded In Botetourt County enroute to the Parkway at
Hwy 43.  I followed the Parkway up to Otter Creek, stopping at the
Peaks of Otter, Warbler Rd, Apple Orchard Mountain... etc.  53 species
in all - the highlight was a Black-billed Cuckoo.

Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Unidentified Hawk (seen from I-81)
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo (Milepost 79.7 - Onion Mountain Overlook)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Cliff Swallow (Parkway @ James R.)
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Canada Warbler (junc. of Hwy 43 & AT at Parkway Milepost 90.9)
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Zach Thompson