Birding at boxerwood

On Saturday, September 6 the Rockbridge Bird Club held its first monthly bird walk at the Boxerwood Nature Center and Woodland Gardens (www.boxerwood.org). The joint event will take place in the future on the first Saturday of each month. Today, a group of 10 birders saw a total of 31 species with the highlight being a Blue Winged Warbler and a calling nearby Eastern Screech Owl. Several feeding flocks provided additional warblers as migration begins. The Gardens are open to the public daily. The detailed bird list is below:

Boxerwood Gardens - MRR03, Rockbridge, US-VA
Sep 6, 2014 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Sunny Day '80s
31 species

Red-shouldered Hawk  3
Mourning Dove  10
Eastern Screech-Owl  1     heard
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  6
Downy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  2     heard
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  14
Carolina Chickadee  12
Tufted Titmouse  6
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  12
Eastern Bluebird  8
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  4
Brown Thrasher  4
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  1
Worm-eating Warbler  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
American Redstart  2
Magnolia Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  8
Indigo Bunting  1
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  8

Kieran Kilday