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