I birded Bedford County this morning including City Lake, Claytor
Nature Study Center, & Falling Creek Park.  Highlight of the trip was
2 Loggerhead Shrikes - life birds for me!  42 species all together.

Great Blue Heron
Green Heron 3 (at CNSC - but I couldn't find a nest)
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose with goslings at City Lake
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow -(feeding fledged young at Falling Creek Park)
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird (female on nest w/ 4 eggs at CNSC)
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch

Sincerely,

Zach Thompson