april birding at boxerwood

Nine birders had a productive early spring morning at Boxerwood. While the sky was overcast, the birds were in full song. Along with the year round residents and a few continuing winter visitors, the group enjoyed watching a First of Season Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher interacting with an annoyed Ruby-Crowned Kinglet. Complete list follows.


Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Garden, Rockbridge, Virginia, US
Apr 2, 2016 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.8 mile(s)
Comments:     Overcast
29 species

Canada Goose  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Mourning Dove  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Eastern Phoebe  4
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  5
Tree Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1     FOS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Eastern Bluebird  5
American Robin  2
European Starling  10     At least two birds maintaining vigil over several days at abandoned woodpecker hole, sometimes entering
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  15
Song Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  2
Northern Cardinal  8     Lots of aggression between multiple males
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
American Goldfinch  3