This morning I walked to the Lickinghole Creek Pond near Crozet. The immature White Ibis were still there. In studying the Mallards, I noticed a duck with them...
At Ivy Creek at 8 am this morning I took a second look at an apparent Chickadee and it turned into a Golden-Winged Warbler. A Veery was nearby at the same...
AT 6:30pm this evening, 50+ Nighthawks flew over our small neighborhood in the town of Stanardsville, heading generally south towards Charlottesville. They...
This morning I was slowly driving Stoney Point Pass, a gravel road in northeast part of Albemarle County when I saw a small flock of birds, so got out of the...
I spent about an hour this am walking along Lickinghole Creek and looking over the pond. Got a good look at Stauffer's green-winged teal... it was preening so...
On Saturday at Barracks Road Shopping Center, a flock of approximately 30 Common Nighthawks were circling, as swooping low over the parking lot. Out doing...
This morning I found a juvenile Red-necked Phalarope in a wetland pond at Bentivar, north of Charlottesville. I contacted Pete Myers and he came out, saw and...
Stauffer sent me a note asking me to meet him at a marsh/wetland on Bentivar Farm this morning to see a phalarope he had discovered. I went and saw. It is a...
I attached files in the previous one. Here instead I'll include links to two separate photos (below): Stauffer sent me a note asking me to meet him at a...
Lois: Too bad the phalarope is not in a more accessible spot. Wendy Ealding says this species is a VARCOM review list bird, so I need to submit a report....
A great morning on the Rockfish Valley Trail – 34 species, my best ever photo of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and aerial combat between two American Crows and one...
Hi, I saw seven warbler species at one location on the Blue Ridge Parkway this morning: Blackburnian, Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green,...
eBird via BirdsEye is reporting that yesterday was a great day for shorebirds at the Woodward Turf Farm near Remington VA (just of Rte 29 a bit north of...
The Virginia Environmental Assembly will be meeting at the Wintergreen Resort on September 16-17, 2011. A guided bird walk on the Rockfish Valley Trail will be...
Hi, Marshall. Thanks for this good info and I would like to attend the Rockfish River Trail walk, but need to know the terrain that is typical there. I have...
The Rockfish Valley Trail has six miles of bird watching trails. Except for the short walk under the route 151 bridge, it is all level terrain. If you have a...
Hello everyone -- We at the Wildlife Center of Virginia lost our education Barred Owl today at the Afton Mountain Vineyards. She was there for an event and...
Hi: My suggestion would be to try to go the area before sunrise on Sunday, and attempt to call in the bird with tape. Barred Owls can definitely be called...
I visited Skyline Drive this morning and came across several mixed species flocks that were just dynamite. These flocks were along the Drive a few miles south...
