boxerwood bioblitz

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Today, October 4th, Boxerwood Nature Center held its first Bioblitz, inventorying its flora and fauna throughout the day.  The Rockbridge Bird Club provided the bird identification activities over several walks over three hours. The event was an open house attended by many local residents and families. The Bird List is below highlighted by a Bald Eagle fly-over toward the end of the event. Kieran Kilday

Turkey Vulture  3
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  6
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  30
American Crow  12
Carolina Chickadee  12
Tufted Titmouse  6
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  11
Eastern Bluebird  11
Gray-cheeked Thrush  1
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  1
Cedar Waxwing  21
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  6
Cape May Warbler  4
Magnolia Warbler  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  7
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Eastern Towhee  2
Field Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Lincoln's Sparrow  1
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  20
Indigo Bunting  12
House Finch  9
American Goldfinch  5