This morning I birded Botetourt County including Fincastle, Springwood
Rd, Buchanan, James R. at Arcadia and Horseshoe Bend, Greenfield Lake,
& Daleville.
For those of you that like to bird Arcadia, you might try stopping at
Riversde Park in Buchanan on your way - I saw a Wood Duck there this
morning & have seen a Spotted Sandpiper there before. Here's a map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=RIVERSIDE+pARK,+Buch...
Highlights today included a Pied-Billed Grebe at Greenfield Lake & 13
House Wrens in the Daleville area. Birds of the Roanoke Valley shows
a peak count of 12.
49 Species total
Here is a trip list:
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Killdeer
Turkey Vulture
Nothern Bobwhite (Springwood Rd)
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo (life bird for me)
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Orchard Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow