Wild birds,
  2019

January

Ring-billed Gull (Royal Lake, Fairfax, VA, 1/1/19)

Belted Kingfisher: M (Bell's Lane, 1/5/19)

Montage (Highland & Bath Counties, 1/6/19)

Golden Eagle: juv. (Highland County, 1/6/19)

Common Merganser: M, F (Bath Counties, 1/6/19)

Bald Eagle: juv. (Bath County, 1/6/19)

Hooded Mergansers: M, F (Bath County, 1/6/19)

Brown Creeper (Staunton, 1/7/19)

Montage (Staunton & Bell's Lane, 1/11/19)

Cooper's Hawk (Staunton, 1/11/19)

Montage (Staunton & Bell's Lane, 1/13/19)

American Crow (Staunton, 1/13/19)

Turkey Vultures & Black Vultures (Staunton, 1/13/19)

American Kestrel: F (Bell's Lane, 1/18/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 1/24/19)

White-crowned Sparrow: J (Bell's Lane, 1/24/19)

Montage (Mill Place, 1/26/19)

Ring-billed Gull (Roanoke, 1/27/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 1/28/19)

February

Montage (Mill Place & Bell's Lane, 2/3/19)

Long-tailed Duck: M (Mill Place, 2/3/19)

Montage (Mill Place, Union Springs, Silver Lake, 2/4/19)

Long-tailed Duck: M (Mill Place, 2/4/19)

Pine Siskin (Union Springs, 2/4/19)

Redhead: M, F (Silver Lake, 2/4/19)

Canvasback: M (Silver Lake, 2/4/19)

Belted Kingfisher: F (Dayton, 2/4/19)

Montage (Mill Place & Bell's Lane, 2/6/19)

Bald Eagles by Bell's Lane ponds (2/9/19)

Montage (Swoope & Bell's Lane, 2/19/19)

Montage (Staunton, 2/20/19)

American Crow (Staunton, 2/20/19)

Montage (McCormick's Mill & Willow Lake, 2/27/19)

Great Blue Heron (McCormick's Mill, 2/27/19)

March

White-breasted Nuthatch (Staunton, 3/4/19)

Dark-eyed Junco (Staunton, 3/5/19)

Montage (Mill Place, Bell's Lane, & Staunton, 3/9/19)

Montage (Mill Place & Bell's Lane, 3/10/19)

Chipping Sparrow (Staunton, 3/14/19)

Montage (Staunton, Bell's Lane, 3/15/19)

Northern Cardinal (Bell's Lane, 3/15/19)

Montage (Union Springs, Rockingham Co., 3/16/19)

Fox Sparrow (Union Spr., 3/16/19)

Pine Siskin (Union Spr., 3/16/19)

Purple Finches: M, F (Union Spr., 3/16/19)

Evening Grosbeaks (Union Spr., 3/16/19)

Montage (Highland Co. & Swoope, 3/17/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 3/19/19)

Northern Cardinal: M (Bell's Lane, 3/19/19)

Montage (Mill Place & Bell's Lane, 3/23/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 3/26/19)

Vesper Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 3/26/19)

Montage (Augusta Springs & Swoope, 3/30/19)

Rusty Blackbird: M (Augusta Springs, 3/30/19)

April

Montage (Leonard's Pond & Bell's Lane, 4/4/19)

Tree Swallow: M (Leonard's Pond, 4/4/19)

Montage (Big Levels & Bell's Lane, 4/6/19)

Pine Warbler: M (Big Levels, 4/6/19)

Montage (Betsy Bell Hill & Front. Cult. Mus., 4/10/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane & Mill Place, 4/11/19)

Field Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 4/11/19)

{} Savannah Sparrow (Mill Place, 4/11/19)

Red-winged Blackbird: M (Mill Place, 4/11/19)

Montage (Mont. Hall Park & Bell's Lane, 4/13/19)

Eastern Towhee: M (Mont. Hall Park, 4/13/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane & Staunton, 4/17/19)

Eastern Phoebe (Bell's Lane, 4/17/19)

Gray Catbird (Staunton, 4/18/19)

Montage (Dowell's Draft, 4/20/19)

Eastern Towhee: M (Dowell's Draft, 4/20/19)

Northern Parula: M (Dowell's Draft, 4/20/19)

Prairie Warbler: M (Dowell's Draft, 4/20/19)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Dowell's Draft, 4/20/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 4/22/19)

Montage (Staunton & Bell's Lane, 4/25/19)

Brown Thrasher (Bell's Lane, 4/25/19)

Montage (Staunton & Bell's Lane, 4/26/19)

Montage (Big Spring Day: Braley's Pond, Dowell's Draft, Ramsey's Draft, Chimney Hollow, 4/27/19)

Worm-eating Warbler (Braley's Pond, 4/27/19)

Black-and-White Warbler: M (Braley's Pond, 4/27/19)

Northern Parula: F (Braley's Pond, 4/27/19)

Ovenbird (Dowell's Draft, 4/27/19)

Black-throated Green Warbler: M (Ramsey's Draft, 4/27/19)

Blue-headed Vireo (Ramsey's Draft, 4/27/19)

Northern Parula: M (Chimney Hollow, 4/27/19)

Louisiana Waterthrush (Chimney Hollow, 4/27/19)

Montage (Mill Place, 4/29/19)

Canada Geese: adult, babies (Mill Place, 4/29/19)

Red-shouldered Hawk: J (Mill Place, 4/29/19)

Montage (Betsy Bell Hill & Bell's Lane, 4/30/19)

Wood Thrush (Betsy Bell Hill, 4/30/19)

Black-billed Cuckoo (Bell's Lane, 4/30/19)

May

Montage (Bell's Lane, 5/2/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane & Ridgeview Park, 5/3/19)

Pileated Woodpecker: M (Ridgeview Park, 5/3/19)

Montages (Dutch Gap, VA, 5/4/19)

Prothonotary Warblers: M ( " " , 5/4/19)

White-eyed Vireo (Dutch Gap, VA, 5/4/19)

Yellow-throated Warbler (Dutch Gap, VA, 5/4/19)

Montage (Blue Ridge Parkway, 5/6/19)

American Redstart: M (Blue Ridge Parkway, 5/6/19)

Chipping Sparrow (Blue Ridge Parkway, 5/6/19)

Warbler montage (Dutch Gap, VA, 5/4 & Blue Ridge Pkwy, 5/7)

Montage (Blue Ridge Parkway, 5/7/19)

Pileated Woodpecker: F (Blue Ridge Parkway, 5/7/19)

American Redstarts: M & 1st-yr. M (Blue Ridge Pkwy, 5/7/19)

Cerulean Warbler: M (Blue Ridge Parkway, 5/7/19)

Palm Warbler (Staunton, 5/7/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 5/9/19)

Yellow-throated Vireo (Bell's Lane, 5/9/19)

Carolina Wren (Staunton, 5/9/19)

Yellow Warbler: M (Bell's Lane, 5/9/19)

Baltimore Oriole: M (Bell's Lane, 5/9/19)

Montage (Hillandale Park & Cook's Cove Arb., 5/10/19)

Bay-breasted Warbler: M (Hillandale Park, 5/10/19)

Eastern Screech Owl (Cook's Cove Arboretum, 5/10/19)

Montage (Mill Place trail, 5/13/19)

Montage* (Leonard's Pond & Staunton, 5/16/19)

* CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Wilson's Phalarope, Solitary Sandpiper & Semi-palmated Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, and Black Vulture.

Eastern Wood Pewee (Staunton, 5/17/19)

Montage (Hearthstone Lake & N. of Churchville, 5/18/19)

Montage (Mont. Hall Park & Bell's Lane, 5/20/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 5/21/19)

Eastern Wood Pewee (Bell's Lane, 5/21/19)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Rt. 11 S of Bell's Lane, 5/21/19)

Downy Woodpecker: J (Staunton, 5/23/19)

Montage (Pocosin Cabin Tr. / Shen. Nat. Park, 5/24/19)

Chestnut-sided Warbler: M (Bald Face Mtn. overlook / SNP, " )

American Redstart: F, nest (Pocosin Cabin Tr., 5/24/19)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak: M (Pocosin Cabin Tr., 5/24/19)

Veery (Pocosin Cabin Trail, 5/24/19)

Acadian Flycatcher (Pocosin Cabin Tr., 5/24/19)

Least Flycatcher (Pocosin Cabin Tr., 5/24/19)

Scarlet Tanager: M (Pocosin Cabin Tr., 5/24/19)

Canada Warbler: M (Pocosin Cabin Tr., 5/24/19)

Montage (Shenandoah Wetland Bank, 5/29/19)

June

Montage (Blue Ridge Parkway, 6/1/19)

Cerulean Warbler: M (Blue Ridge Parkway, 6/1/19)

Montage (Swoope & Maury River, 6/2/19)

Bobolink: M (Swoope, 6/2/19)

Bald Eagle: 3rd year? (Maury River, 6/2/19)

Montage (N of Hearthstone Lake, 6/4/19)

Red-eyed Vireo (N of Hearthstone Lake, 6/4/19)

Ovenbird (N of Hearthstone Lake, 6/4/19)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (N of Hearthstone Lake, 6/4/19)

Montage (N of Hearthstone Lake, etc. 6/8/19)

Bald Eagles (Hearthstone Lake, 6/8/19)

Cedar Waxwings (N of Hearthstone Lake, 6/8/19)

Chestnut-sided Warbler: M (Reddish Knob, 6/8/19)

Indigo Bunting: M (Briery Branch Res., 6/8/19)

White doves (Briery Branch Rd., 6/8/19)

Montage (Ramsey's Draft & Shenandoah Mtn., 6/12/19)

Brown-headed Cowbird: M (Ramsey's Draft, 6/12/19)

Hooded Warbler: M (Shenandoah Mtn., 6/12/19)

Dark-eyed Junco: M (Shenandoah Mtn., 6/12/19)

Black-capped Chickadee (Shenandoah Mtn., 6/12/19)

Montage (Highland County, 6/15/19)

Eastern Phoebe (Highland County, 6/15/19)

House Wren: J (Highland County, 6/15/19)

Chestnut-sided Warbler: M (Highland County, 6/15/19)

Cedar Waxwing (Highland County, 6/15/19)

Red-headed Woodpecker (Highland County, 6/15/19)

Montage (Hearthstone Lake & Stokesville, 6/17/19)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (S of Hearthstone Lake, 6/17/19)

Red-eyed Vireo (Stokesville, 6/17/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 6/22/19)

House Finch: M (Bell's Lane, 6/22/19)

Red-tailed Hawk (Bell's Lane, 6/22/19)

Eastern Kingbird (Bell's Lane, 6/22/19)

Montage (N of Hearthstone Lake, 6/23/19)

Carolina Wren nest, eggs (N of Hearthstone Lake, 6/23/19)

Indigo Buntings: M & F (N of Hearthstone Lake, 6/23/19)

E. Phoebe; nest & babies (N of Hearthstone Lake, 6/23/19)

Purple Martins: M, F, J (Stuarts Draft, 6/25/19)

Red-tailed Hawks (Staunton, 6/27/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 6/28/19)

July

Montage (Bell's Lane & Mill Place, 7/2/19)

Tree Swallow: J (Bell's Lane, 7/2/19)

Canada Goose: J (Mill Place, 7/2/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 7/4/19)

() Brown Thrasher Montage (Bell's Lane, 7/4/19)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Bell's Lane, 7/4/19)

Montage (Blue Ridge Parkway, 7/6/19)

Rock Pigeon (Blue Ridge Parkway, 7/6/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane & north Staunton, 7/7/19)

Turkey Vulture (Rt. 11, north Staunton, 7/7/19)

Green Heron (Bell's Lane, 7/7/19)

Oriole nest (Bell's Lane, 7/7/19)

Field Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 7/7/19)

Montage (near Hearthstone Lake, 7/12/19)

Ovenbird: J (near Hearthstone Lake, 7/12/19)

Hooded Warbler: M (near Hearthstone Lake, 7/12/19)

Black-throated Green Warbler: M ( " ", 7/12/19)

Acadian Flycatcher (near Hearthstone Lake, 7/12/19)

Great Crested Flycatcher (First Landing S.P., VA, 7/13/19)

Laughing Gulls (Virginia Beach, VA, 7/13/19)

Montage (1st Landing State Park & Pleasure House trail, 7/14/19)

Blue Grosbeak: M (Pleasure House trail, 7/14/19)

Pine Warblers: A, J (Pleasure House trail, 7/14/19)

() Brown-headed Nuthatch (Pleasure House tr., 7/14/19)

Great Blue Herons: A, J (1st Landing S.P., 7/14/19)

Osprey: A, J in nest (1st Landing S.P., 7/14/19)

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (1st Landing S.P., 7/14/19)

Brown Pelicans (1st Landing S.P., 7/14/19)

Great Black-backed Gull (1st Landing S.P., 7/14/19)

Montage (near Hearthstone Lake, 7/20/19)

Blue-headed Vireo: J (near Hearthstone Lake, 7/20/19)

Hawk Security Systems sign (near Sangerville, VA, 7/20/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 7/22/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane & Leonard's Pond, 7/25/19)

Red-tailed Hawk (Leonard's Pond, 7/25/19)

Montage (Dowell's Draft & Chimney Hollow, 7/27/19)

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Dowell's Draft, 7/27/19)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: J (Dowell's Draft, 7/27/19)

Montage (Va. Beach, Hearthstone Lake, Dowell's Draft, July 2019)

Northern Cardinal: juv. M (Staunton, 7/31/19)

August

Montage (Stuarts Draft & Staunton, 8/1/19)

{{}} Ruby-throated Hummingbird: M (Staunton, 8/1/19)

American Goldfinch: F (Stuarts Draft, 8/1/19)

Barn Swallow: J (Stuarts Draft, 8/1/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 8/2/19)

Montage (Augusta Springs, 8/3/19)

Great Egret (Augusta Springs, 8/3/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, Mont. Hall Park, 8/7/19)

Eastern Bluebird: J (Bell's Lane, 8/7/19)

American Robin: J (Mont. Hall Park, 8/7/19)

Montage (Leonard's Pond, Bell's Lane, 8/9/19)

Spotted & Solitary Sandpipers (Leonard's Pond, 8/9/19)

Mourning Dove: leucistic (Leonard's Pond, 8/9/19)

Cedar Waxwing: J (Bell's Lane, 8/9/19)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird: JM (Staunton, 8/9/19)

Montage (S of Buena Vista, VA, 8/10/19)

Swallow-tailed Kite (S of Buena Vista, VA, 8/10/19)

Montage (Mill Place & Bell's Lane, 8/14/19)

Northern Mockingbird: J (Mill Place, 8/14/19)

Cedar Waxwing: J (Bell's Lane, 8/16/19)

Montage (Madison Run, Bell's Lane, etc., 8/17/19)

Montage (Ramsey's Draft & Dowell's Draft, 8/24/19)

Northern Cardinals: M, J (Staunton, 8/26/19)

Montage (Leonard's Pond & Bell's Lane, 8/29/19)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird: F (Bell's Lane, 8/29/19)

Great Egrets (N of Mt. Crawford, 8/31/19)

Montage (Switzer Lake, 8/31/19)

Scarlet Tanager: F (Switzer Lake, 8/31/19)

Black-throated Green Warbler: M (Switzer Lake, 8/31/19)

American Goldfinch: M (Staunton, 8/31/19)

September

Montages (Falls Hollow & Elliott's Knob, 9/7/19)

Blackburnian Warbler: M (Falls Hollow, 9/7/19)

Blue-headed Vireo (Elliott's Knob, 9/7/19)

Montage (Turks Mountain, SNP, 9/15/19)

() Black-throated Blue Warbler: F (Turks Mtn., 9/15/19)

Montage (Leonard's Pond & Staunton, 9/18/19)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Leonard's Pond, 9/18/19)

Least Sandpiper (Leonard's Pond, 9/18/19)

Chimney Swifts (Riverheads High School, 9/18/19)

Montages (Blue Ridge Parkway, 9/21/19)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (BRP, 9/21/19)

Swainson's Thrush (BRP, 9/21/19)

Common Nighthawks (BRP, 9/21/19)

Cape May Warbler (BRP, 9/21/19)

Montage (Mont. Hall Park, Bell's Lane, 9/22/19)

October

Common Yellowthroat: J M (BRCC, 10/3/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 10/4/19)

Vesper Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 10/4/19)

Montage (Blue Ridge Pkwy., 10/5/19)

Montage (Augusta Springs, 10/11/19)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: M (Augusta Springs, 10/11/19)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Augusta Springs, 10/11/19)

Blue-headed Vireo (Augusta Springs, 10/11/19)

Eastern Bluebird: M (Bell's Lane, 10/11/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane & Mill Place, 10/18/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 10/19/19)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Leonard's Pond, 10/26/19)

November

Montage (BRCC, Leonard's Pond, Bell's Lane, 11/01/19)

Chipping Sparrow (BRCC, 11/01/19)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Leonard's Pond, 11/01/19)

Great Blue Heron (Bell's Lane, 11/01/19)

Montage (Mill Place, 11/02/19)

Blue Jay (Mill Place, 11/02/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane & Staunton, 11/09/19)

Montage (Braley Pond, 11/10/19)

Winter Wren (Braley Pond, 11/10/19)

Montage (Blue Ridge C.C., 11/11/19)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Blue Ridge C.C., 11/11/19)

Montage (Mill Place & Bell's Lane, 11/15/19)

Swamp Sparrow (Mill Place, 11/15/19)

Great Blue Heron (Mill Place, 11/15/19)

Turkey Vulture (Bell's Lane, 11/15/19)

Montage (Mill Place, Bell's Lane, etc., 11/27/19)

Northern Mockingbird (Bell's Lane, 11/27/19)

Northern Harrier (Bell's Lane, 11/30/19)

December

Montage (Bell's Lane, 12/8/19)

Northern Harrier (Bell's Lane, 12/8/19)

Montage (around Staunton, 12/14/19)

Merlin (Montgomery Hall Park, 12/14/19)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: M (Betsy Bell Hill, 12/14/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 12/20/19)

Sharp-shinned Hawk: J (Waynesboro, 12/28/19)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 12/30/19)

White-crowned Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 12/30/19)

Red-winged Blackbirds (Bell's Lane, 12/30/19)

Montage (Mill PLace & Bell's Lane, 12/31/19)