Wild birds,
  2017

January

Montage (Sentara RMH, New Hope, 1/1/17)

Red-tailed Hawk (Staunton, 1/1/17)

Snow Geese (Sentara RMH, New Hope, 1/1/17)

Bufflehead, female (Sentara RMH, 1/1/17)

Greater White-fronted Geese (Sentara RMH, 1/1/17)

Snow Bunting (New Hope, 1/1/17)

White-throated Sparrow (white wing!) (Staunton, 1/6/17)

Blue Jay (Staunton, 1/7/17)

Red-bellied Woodpecker, F (Staunton, 1/9/17)

Montage (Fishersville, Bell's Lane, 1/12/17)

Montage (Verona, 1/15; Staunton & Bell's Lane, 1/16/17)

Hooded Mergansers (Verona, 1/15/17)

Great Blue Heron (Verona, 1/15/17)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Staunton, 1/16/17)

Red-tailed Hawk (Bell's Lane, 1/16/17)

Short-eared Owls (Bell's Lane, 1/19/17)

Hooded Mergansers, M & F (Verona, 1/20/17)

Montage (Highland County, 1/21/17)

Black-capped Chickadee (Highland County, 1/21/17)

Downy Woodpecker, F (Highland County, 1/21/17)

Red-tailed Hawk, Eastern Bluebird (Bell's Lane, 1/28/17)

Black-crowned Night Heron (Waynesboro, 1/30/17)

February

Song Sparrow (Verona, 2/3/17)

Green-winged Teals (M), Mallard (Verona, 2/3/17)

Red-tailed Hawks (Verona, Bell's Lane, 2/4/17)

Montage (Verona, Augusta Springs, Swoope, 2/6/17)

Turkey Vulture (Verona, 2/6/17)

Carolina Chickadee (Augusta Springs, 2/6/17)

Mallard, male (Augusta Springs, 2/6/17)

Bald Eagle (Swoope, 2/6/17)

Hooded Mergansers, M & F (Verona, 2/9/17)

Montage (Betsy Bell Hill 2/12; Green Hill Ind. Park, 2/13/17)

Northern Mockingbird (Green Hill Ind. Park, 2/13/17)

Field Sparrow (Green Hill Ind. Park, 2/13/17)

White-crowned Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 2/15/17)

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Peru

Montage (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/20/17)

White-cheeked Pintail (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/20/17)

Black Skimmers (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/20/17)

Gray-hooded Gull (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/20/17)

The three preceding species (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/20/17)

Black-necked Stilts (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/20/17)

Common Moorhen (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/20/17)

B.-n. Stilt, Gr. Yellowlegs, C. Moorhen ( " " , 2/20/17)

Cinnamon Teal, M (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/20/17)

Stilt Sandpipers (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/20/17)

American Oystercatcher (Ventanilla beach, 2/20/17)

Franklin's Gulls (Ventanilla beach, 2/20/17)

Semipalmated Plovers (Ventanilla beach, 2/20/17)

Peruvian Booby (Ventanilla beach, 2/20/17)

Neotropical Cormorants (Ventanilla beach, 2/20/17)

Wilson's Phalaropes (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/20/17)

Croaking Ground Dove (Ventanilla, 2/20/17)

West Peruvian Doves (Ventanilla, 2/20/17)

Cr. Ground Dove, W. Peruvian Dove ( " , 2/20/17)

Blue-black Grassquit, juv. male (Ventanilla, 2/20/17)

Amazilia Hummingbird (Ventanilla, 2/20/17)

Montage (Ventanilla, 2/21/17)

Vermilion Flycatcher (Ventanilla, 2/21/17)

Hooded Siskins: M, F, J (Ventanilla, 2/21/17)

Blue-black Grassquits, M & F (Ventanilla, 2/21/17)

Amazilia Hummingbird (Ventanilla, 2/21/17)

Blue-gray Tanager (Ventanilla, 2/21/17)

Croaking Ground Dove (Ventanilla, 2/21/17)

Eared Dove (Ventanilla, 2/21/17)

Montage (Chorrillos, Surco, Pantanos de Villa, 2/23/17)

Band-tailed Gull (Chorrillos beach, 2/23/17)

Peruvian Pelicans (Chorrillos beach, 2/23/17)

Inca Tern (Chorrillos beach, 2/23/17)

Neotropical Cormorant (Chorrillos beach, 2/23/17)

Long-tailed Mockingbird (Surco, 2/23/17)

Blue-gray Tanager (Surco, 2/23/17)

Saffron Finch, M (Surco, 2/23/17)

Southern Beardless Tyrannulet (Surco, 2/23/17)

Least Bittern (Pantanos de Villa, 2/23/17)

Least Sandpiper (Pantanos de Villa, 2/23/17)

Spotted Sandpiper (Pantanos de Villa, 2/23/17)

Cinnamon Teals (Pantanos de Villa, 2/23/17)

Andean Duck (Pantanos de Villa, 2/23/17)

Black-crowned Night Herons; A & J ( " " , 2/23/17)

Gray-hooded Gull (Pantanos de Villa, 2/23/17)

Great Grebes, adult & baby (Pantanos de Villa, 2/23/17)

Andean Coot (Pantanos de Villa, 2/23/17)

Great Egret (Pantanos de Villa, 2/23/17)

Amazilia Hummingbird (Ventanilla, 2/24/17)

Montage (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/25/17)

Andean Coot (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/25/17)

Greater Yellowlegs (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/25/17)

Stilt Sandpiper (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/25/17)

Black Skimmer (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/25/17)

(& B.S. !) Great Egret (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/25/17)

Black-necked Stilt (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/25/17)

Wilson's Phalarope (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/25/17)

Harris's Hawk (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/25/17)

Scrub Blackbird (Ventanilla wetlands, 2/25/17)

Bananaquits (Surco, 2/26/17 & 2/27/17)

Shiny Cowbirds, M & F (Surco, 2/26/17)

Scrub Blackbird (Surco, 2/26/17)

Southern Beardless Tyrannulet (Surco, 2/26/17)

Saffron Finch, M (Surco, 2/26/17)

Vermilion Flycatchers (dark morph) (Surco, 2/26/17)

House Wren (Surco, 2/26/17)

Blue-black Grassquit, M (Surco, 2/26/17)

Montage (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Great Grebe (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Harris's Hawk, juv. (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Pied-billed Grebes, A & J (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Black Vultures (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Grassland Yellow Finch (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Snowy Egret (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Striated Herons (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Neotropical Cormorant (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Band-tailed Gull, Franklins Gulls (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Elegant Terns (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Gray-hooded Gull, juv. (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Cinnamon Teal, M (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Killdeer (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Spotted Sandpiper (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Laughing Gull (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Ruddy Turnstones (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Puna Ibises, Little Blue Herons (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

American Oystercatcher (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Yellow-hooded Blackbirds, M & F ( " " , 2/27/17)

Least Bittern (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Wren-like Rush Bird (Pantanos de Villa, 2/27/17)

Many-colored Rush Tyrants ( " " , 2/27/17)

Blue-and-white Swallow (Rimac / Lima, 2/28/17)

March

Groove-billed Ani (Callao / Lima, 3/1/17)

Colombia

Montage (Parque Arvi, E of Medellin 3/2/17)

Great Thrush; M & J (Parque Arvi, 3/2/17)

Black-capped Tanager, F (Parque Arvi, 3/2/17)

Acorn Woodpecker (Parque Arvi, 3/2/17)

White-sided Flower-piercer (Parque Arvi, 3/2/17)

Rufous-collared Sparrow (Parque Arvi, 3/2/17)

Ruddy Ground Doves; M & F (Medellin, 3/2/17)

Montage (Botanical Gardens, Medellin, 3/3/17)

Tropical Kingbird (Medellin, 3/3/17)

Orange-chinned Parakeets (Medellin, 3/3/17)

Brown-throated Parakeet (Medellin, 3/3/17)

The two preceding Parakeets (Medellin, 3/3/17)

Blue-gray Tanagers (Botanical Gardens, 3/3/17)

Black Phoebe (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

Black-billed Thrush (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

Bare-faced Ibis (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

Great Kiskadee (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

Rusty-margined Flycatcher (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

Saffron Finch, juv. (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

Grayish Saltator (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

House Wren (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

Bananaquit (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

Vermilion Flycatchers, M & F (Bot. Gard., " )

Orange-chinned Parakeet ? (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

Blackpoll Warbler ? (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

Northern Waterthrush (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

Palm Tanager (Bot. Gard., 3/3/17)

Cattle Egrets (Medellin, 3/4/17)

Montage (Cerro Nutibara, Medellin, 3/4/17)

Red-crowned Woodpecker, M (Medellin, 3/4/17)

Bananaquit (Medellin, 3/4/17)

Shiny Cowbird, M (Cerro Nutibara, Medellin, " )

Tropical Kingbirds (Cerro Nutibara, 3/4/17)

Summer Tanager, M (Cerro Nutibara, 3/4/17)

Saffron Finch, M & F/J (Cerro Nutibara, 3/4/17)

Ruddy Ground Dove (Cerro Nutibara, 3/4/17)

Great Kiskadee (Cerro Nutibara, 3/4/17)

House Wren (Cerro Nutibara, 3/4/17)

Bare-faced Ibis (Cerro Nutibara, 3/4/17)

Grayish Saltator (Cerro Nutibara, 3/4/17)

Eared Dove (Medellin, 3/4/17)

Florida

Montage (Everglades Nat. Park, 3/5/17 - 3/6/17)

Eurasian Collared Dove (Miami, 3/5/17)

Tricolored Heron (Florida City, 3/5/17)

Yellow-throated Warbler (Everglades Nat. Park, 3/5/17)

Wood Storks (Everglades, 3/6/17)

Roseate Spoonbill (Everglades, 3/6/17)

American White Pelicans (Everglades, 3/6/17)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Everglades, 3/6/17)

Palm Warbler (Everglades, 3/6/17)

Black-crowned Night Heron (Everglades, 3/6/17)

Tricolored Heron (Everglades, 3/6/17)

White Ibis: adult & juv. (Everglades, 3/6/17)

Anhingas: adult & juv. (Everglades, 3/6/17)

Great Egret (Everglades, 3/6/17)

Double-crested Cormorants (Everglades, 3/6/17)

Montage (Loxahatchee NWR, 3/7/17)

Wood Stork (Loxahatchee NWR, 3/7/17)

Tricolored Heron (Loxahatchee NWR, 3/7/17)

Little Blue Heron: adult & juv. (Loxahatchee, " )

Snowy Egret (Loxahatchee NWR, 3/7/17)

Glossy Ibises (Loxahatchee NWR, " )

White Ibis (Loxahatchee NWR, 3/7/17)

Red-winged Blackbird: F (Loxahatchee NWR, 3/7/17)

Boat-tailed Grackle: M & F (Loxahatchee, " )

Purple Gallinule (Loxahatchee NWR, 3/7/17)

Common Moorhen (Loxahatchee NWR, 3/7/17)

Cattle Egret (Loxahatchee NWR, 3/7/17)

Pied-billed Grebe (Loxahatchee NWR, 3/7/17)

Montage (Immokalee & Corkscrew Swamp, 3/8/17)

Loggerhead Shrike (Immokalee, 3/8/17)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Corkscrew, 3/8/17)

White-eyed Vireo (Corkscrew, 3/8/17)

Roseate Spoonbills (Corkscrew, 3/8/17)

Purple Gallinule (Corkscrew, 3/8/17)

Great Egret (Corkscrew, 3/8/17)

Little Blue Heron (Corkscrew, 3/8/17)

Pileated Woodpecker: male (Corkscrew, 3/8/17)

Northern Parulas (Corkscrew, 3/8/17)

Red-shouldered Hawks (Corkscrew & near Immokalee, " )

Great Crested Flycatcher (Corkscrew, 3/8/17)

Indigo Bunting: male (Corkscrew, 3/8/17)

() Painted Bunting: male (Corkscrew, 3/8/17)

Sandhill Cranes (near Corkscrew, 3/8/17)

Crested Caracara (near Immokalee, 3/8/17)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (near Immokalee, 3/8/17)

Swallow-tailed Kite (near Immokalee, 3/8/17)

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Virginia

American Kestrel, M (N of Bluegrass, VA, 3/12/17)

White-breasted Nuthatch(Staunton, 3/14/17)

Pied-billed Grebes (North River, Bridgewater, VA, 3/23/17)

Common Mergansers: M, F (Rivanna River, C-ville (3/25/17)

Downy Woodpecker, F (Staunton, 3/30/17)

April

Montage (Bell's Lane, 4/2/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 4/3/17)

Eastern Towhee (M) (Bell's Lane, 4/3/17)

American Goldfinch (M) (Bell's Lane, 4/3/17)

Brown Thrasher (Bell's Lane, 4/3/17)

Field Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 4/3/17)

Gadwall (F), Blue-winged Teal (M) (Bell's Lane, 4/3/17)

Gadwall (M), Wilson's Snipe (Bell's Lane, 4/3/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane & north Staunton, 4/5/17)

Wilson's Snipe (Bell's Lane, 4/5/17)

Red-winged Blackbird (F) (Bell's Lane, 4/5/17)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (M) (north Staunton, 4/5/17)

Ring-necked Ducks: M, F (Lake Shenandoah, 4/7/17)

Eastern Phoebe (Christian's Creek, 4/8/17)

Wilson's Snipes (Bell's Lane, 4/10/17)

Wood Duck, male (Bell's Lane, 4/10/17)

Blue-winged Teals: M, F (Bell's Lane, 4/10/17)

Brown Thrasher (Bell's Lane, 4/10/17)

Eastern Phoebe (Bell's Lane, 4/10/17)

Carolina Chickadee (Bell's Lane, 4/10/17)

Blue-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs (Bell's Lane, 4/11/17)

Chipping Sparrow (Staunton, 4/13/17)

Montage (Mont. Hall Park & Bell's Lane, 4/14/17)

Purple Finch, M (Mont. Hall Park, 4/14/17)

Chipping Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 4/14/17)

Blue-winged Teal, M (Bell's Lane, 4/14/17)

Yellow-rumped Warbler, M (Bell's Lane, 4/14/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 4/15/17)

American Goldfinch (M) (Bell's Lane, 4/15/17)

Red-tailed Hawk (Bell's Lane, 4/15/17)

Brown-headed Cowbird, F (Bell's Lane, 4/15/17)

Northern Cardinal, male (Staunton, 4/16/17)

Wood Duck, male (Bell's Lane, 4/18/17)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Bell's Lane, 4/18/17)

Blue-winged Teals, male (Bell's Lane, 4/18/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 4/18/17 & 4/21/17)

Red-winged Blackbird, male (Bell's Lane, 4/21/17)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Bell's Lane, 4/21/17)

House Finch, male (Bell's Lane, 4/21/17)

Montage (Augusta Springs & vicinity, 4/22/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 4/23/17)

Osprey (Bell's Lane, 4/23/17)

Solitary Sandpipers (Bell's Lane, 4/23/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane, Middle River W. of Verona, 4/26/17)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Bell's Lane, 4/26/17)

Solitary Sandpiper (Bell's Lane, 4/26/17)

Green Heron (Bell's Lane, 4/26/17)

Yellow Warbler, male (Bell's Lane, 4/26/17)

Grasshopper Sparrow (Bell's Lane ext., 4/26/17)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Middle River W. of Verona, 4/26/17)

Louisiana Waterthrush (Middle River W. of Verona, 4/26/17)

Montage (Chimney Hollow & Ramsey's Draft, 4/28/17)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at nest (Ramsey's Draft, 4/28/17)

Chipping Sparrows (Ramsey's Draft, 4/28/17)

Gray Catbird (Ramsey's Draft, 4/28/17)

Northern Flicker, male (Ramsey's Draft, 4/28/17)

Montages (Mont. Hall Park & Betsy Bell Hill, 4/29/17)

Kentucky Warbler, male (Mont. Hall Park, 4/29/17)

American Redstart tail, male (Mont. Hall Park, 4/29/17)

Pileated Woodpecker, female (Mont. Hall Park, 4/29/17)

Blackburnian Warbler, male (Betsy Bell Hill, 4/29/17)

May

Montage (Bell's Lane, 5/1/17; Dayton & Bridgewater, 5/4/17)

White-crowned Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 5/1/17)

American Goldfinch, male (Bell's Lane, 5/1/17)

Northern Cardinal, female (Bell's Lane, 5/3/17)

Northern Mockingbird (Bell's Lane, 5/3/17)

Tree Swallow, male (Bell's Lane, 5/3/17)

Common Loon (Silver Lake / Dayton, 5/4/17)

Yellow-rumped Warbler, male (Cook's Creek, 5/4/17)

Blackpoll Warbler, male (Cook's Creek, 5/4/17)

Montage (Lofton Lake, 5/6/17)

Montage (Blue Ridge Parkway, 5/8/17)

Eastern Bluebird: male (Blue Ridge Parkway, 5/8/17)

Black Vulture (Blue Ridge Parkway, 5/8/17)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak: male (Blue Ridge Parkway, 5/8/17)

Canada Warbler: male (Blue Ridge Parkway, 5/8/17)

Montage (Betsy Bell Hill, 5/9/17)

Great Crested Flycatcher (Betsy Bell Hill, 5/9/17)

Chestnut-sided Warbler: male (Betsy Bell Hill, 5/9/17)

Hooded Merganser: female (Bell's Lane, 5/10/17)

Gray Catbird (Staunton, 5/11 & 5/14/17)

Eastern Kingbird (Grottoes, 5/13/17)

American Redstart, imm. male (Staunton, 5/14/17)

Wilson's Warbler, male (Staunton, 5/13 & 5/14/17)

Montage (Falls Hollow Trail & Swoope, 5/14/17)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Falls Hollow Trail, 5/14/17)

Black & White Warbler: male (Falls Hollow Trail, 5/14/17)

Blue-headed Vireo (Falls Hollow Trail, 5/14/17)

Ovenbird (Falls Hollow Trail, 5/14/17)

Red-eyed Vireo (Falls Hollow Trail, 5/14/17)

Eastern Meadowlark (Swoope, 5/14/17)

Red-headed Woodpecker (Swoope, 5/14/17)

Montage (Hillandale Park, H-burg & Bell's Lane, 5/15/17)

Yellow-breasted Chat (Hillandale Park, H-burg, 5/15/17)

Eastern Towhee: male (Hillandale Park, H-burg, 5/15/17)

Montage (Coles Run Reservoir, 5/16/17)

Black & white Warblers: M, F (Coles Run Res., 5/16/17)

Worm-eating Warbler (Coles Run Reservoir, 5/16/17)

Wood Thrush (Madison Run, 5/17/17)

Pine Warbler: male (Madison Run, 5/17/17)

Montage (Dry Branch Gap, 5/18/17)

Acadian Flycatcher (Dry Branch Gap, 5/18/17)

Semipalmated Plover (Bell's Lane, 5/19/17)

Montage (Naz. wetl., Briery Br., & Reddish Knob, 5/20/17)

Red-winged Blackbird: male (Nazarene wetlands, 5/20/17)

Indigo Buntings: males (Briery Branch Res., 5/20/17)

Chestnut-sided Warbler: male (Reddish Knob, 5/20/17)

Montage (Mont. Hall Park & Bell's Lane, 5/25/17)

Rock Pigeon (Gypsy Hill Park, 5/25/17)

Field Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 5/25/17)

Great Blue Heron (Bell's Lane, 5/25/17)

Green Heron (Bell's Lane, 5/26/17)

Wood Ducks: F, 6 babies (Bell's Lane, 5/26/17)

American Crow: juv. (Staunton, 5/26/17)

Carolina Wren (Staunton, 5/26/17)

Osprey (Staunton, 5/27/17)

Montage (Staunton, Shenandoah Mtn., 5/27/17)

Black-throated Green Warbler (Shenandoah Mtn., 5/27/17)

Ovenbird (Shenandoah Mtn., 5/27/17)

Red-eyed Vireo (Shenandoah Mtn., 5/27/17)

Indigo Buntings: M, F (Shenandoah Mtn., 5/27/17)

Eastern Towhees: M, F (Shenandoah Mtn., 5/27/17)

Eastern Bluebird: juv. (east of Verona, 5/28/17)

Turkey Vulture (Rt. 11, north Staunton, 5/29/17)

Montage (Pocosin Cabin, etc. / SNP, 5/29/17)

Cerulean Warbler: M (Hensley Hollow overlook / SNP, ")

Least Flycatcher (Pocosin Cabin trail , " )

Chestnut-sided Warbler: M (Pocosin Cabin trail , " )

Carolina Wren (Pocosin Cabin roof , " )

Eastern Wood Pewee (Pocosin Cabin trail , " )

Canada Warbler: M (Pocosin Cabin trail , " )

Indigo Bunting: F (Pocosin Cabin trail , " )

Veery (Pocosin Cabin trail , " )

Rose-breasted Grosbeak: M (Pocosin Cabin trail , " )

Am. Redstarts: M, F, nest (Pocosin Cabin trail , " )

Red-eyed Vireos (Pocosin Cabin & Hightop Mtn. trails , " )

Wood Thrush (Pocosin Cabin trail , " )

Kentucky Warbler: M (Hightop Mtn. trail, " )

American Redstart (Hightop Mtn. trail, " )

Montage (Bell's Lane, 5/31/17)

June

Great Crested Flycatcher (Hillandale Park, H-burg, 6/1/17)

Cedar Waxwing (Hillandale Park, H-burg, 6/1/17)

Yellow-breasted Chat (Hillandale Park, H-burg, 6/1/17)

Montage (Highland County, 6/3/17)

Belted Kingfisher: F (Highland County, 6/3/17)

Chestnut-sided Warbler: M (Highland County, 6/3/17)

Yellow Warbler: F (Highland County, 6/3/17)

Grasshopper Sparrow (Highland County, 6/3/17)

Canada Warbler: M (Highland County, 6/3/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 6/7/17)

Baltimore Oriole: M (Bell's Lane, 6/7/17)

Wood Ducks: F, 7 juv. (Bell's Lane, 6/7/17)

House Sparrow: M (Bell's Lane, 6/7/17)

Montage (Augusta Spr., Ramsey Gap, 6/9/17)

Blue-gray Gnatcatchers: A, J (Augusta Spr., 6/9/17)

Ovenbird (Augusta Spr., 6/9/17)

Pine Warbler: M (Ramsey Gap, 6/9/17)

Montage (Shen. Nat. Park, 6/11/17)

Pine Warbler: M (Sawmill Run OL / SNP, 6/11/17)

Black & White Warbler: M (Turk Gap / SNP, 6/11/17)

Worm-eating Warbler (Wildcat Ridge / SNP, 6/11/17)

Ovenbird (Eaton Hollow OL / SNP, 6/11/17)

Montage (Highland County, 6/12/17)

Green Heron (Highland County, 6/12/17)

() Golden-winged Warbler (Highland Co., 6/12/17)

House Wren (Highland County, 6/12/17)

Eastern Phoebes, nest (Highland County, 6/12/17)

Chipping Sparrow, nest (Highland County, 6/12/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 6/16/17)

Montage (Shen. Nat. Park, 6/18/17)

Chestnut-sided Warbler: M (The Point Overlook, SNP, " )

American Robin (Big Meadows, SNP, 6/18/17)

Brown-headed Cowbird: male (Big Meadows, SNP, " )

Canada Warbler: male (Hawksbill Mtn., SNP, " )

Veery (Hawksbill Mtn., SNP, 6/18/17)

Dark-eyed Junco: male (Hawksbill Mtn., SNP, 6/18/17)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak: F (Hawksbill Mtn., SNP, " )

Montage (Bell's Lane & Verona, 6/27/17)

Baltimore Orioles: M, F, nest (" ")

Orchard Oriole: male (Bell's Lane, 6/27/17)

House Finch: male (Bell's Lane, 6/27/17)

Eastern Kingbirds (Bell's Lane, 6/27/17)

Eastern Meadowlark (Mill Creek / Verona, 6/27/17)

Montage (McCormick's Mill & Willow Lake, 6/28/17)

Baltimore Oriole: F, nest (McCormick's Mill, 6/28/17)

Eastern Wood Pewee (McCormick's Mill, 6/28/17)

Eastern Kingbirds: adult, 2 juv. (McCormick's Mill, 6/28/17)

Osprey (Willow Lake, 6/28/17)

Montage (Shen. Nat. Park, 6/30/17)

() Chestnut-sided Warbler: male (Shen. Nat. Park, 6/30/17)

Dark-eyed Junco (Shen. Nat. Park, 6/30/17)

Cedar Waxwing (Shen. Nat. Park, 6/30/17)

July

European Starling: juv. (Gypsy Hill Park, 7/4/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 7/7/17)

Gray Catbird (Bell's Lane, 7/7/17)

! Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Bell's Lane, 7/14/17)

House Finch: M (Bell's Lane, 7/14/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 7/21/17)

American Goldfinch: M (Bell's Lane, 7/21/17)

Northern Cardinal: M (Staunton, VA, 7/?/17)

Common Grackle (Kansas City, MO, 7/28/17)

August

Montage (Waubay NWR, SD, 8/1/17)

! Red-tailed Hawk: juv. (E of Waubay NWR, SD, " )

Snowy Egret (Waubay NWR, SD, " )

Great Egret (Waubay NWR, SD, " )

Forster's Tern (Waubay NWR, SD, " )

Purple Martin: M (Waubay NWR, SD, " )

Yellow Warbler: F (Waubay NWR, SD, " )

Common Yellowthroat: juv. (Waubay NWR, SD, " )

Clay-colored Sparrow: juv. (E of Waubay NWR, SD, " )

! Cooper's Hawk: juv. (Waubay NWR, SD, " )

Barn Swallow (E of Waubay NWR, SD, " )

Western Kingbird (W of Waubay NWR, SD, " )

Black-crowned Night Heron (W of Waubay NWR, SD, " )

Dickcissel: F (SW of Webster, SD, SD, " )

Killdeer (SW of Webster, SD, " )

Semipalmated Sandpiper (SW of Webster, SD, " )

Lesser Yellowlegs (SW of Webster, SD, " )

Least Sandpiper (SW of Webster, SD, " )

Solitary Sandpiper (SW of Webster, SD, " )

Pectoral Sandpiper (SW of Webster, SD, " )

! ! ! ! American White Pelicans (N.E. SD, " )

Eurasian Collared Dove (Madison, SD, 8/2/17)

Montage (Atkins WPA & Wall Lake, SD, 8/3/17)

() Sedge Wren (Atkins WPA, SD, " )

Common Yellowthroat: male (Atkins WPA, SD, " )

Green Heron (Wall Lake, SD, " )

Ring-billed Gulls: A, J (Wall Lake, SD, " )

Franklin's & Ring-billed Gulls (Wall Lake, SD, " )

Montage (Necedah Nat. Wildlife Refuge, WI, 8/4/17)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird: M (Necedah NWR, " )

Sandhill Cranes : adults, juv. (Necedah NWR, " )

Rose-breasted Grosbeak, female (Necedah NWR, " )

"Blue Jay Way" sign (Necedah NWR, " )

Ring-billed Gull (Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL, 8/5/17)

Killdeers & Nighthawks: eclipse! (Sweetwater, TN, 8/21/17)

September

Northern Cardinal: J (Staunton, 9/4/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 9/8/17)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird: JM (Bell's Lane, 9/8/17)

Gray Catbird (Bell's Lane, 9/8/17)

Montage: warblers, etc. (Blue Ridge Pkwy., 9/9/17)

Scarlet Tanager: F (Blue Ridge Pkwy., 9/9/17)

Cerulean Warbler: prob. (Blue Ridge Pkwy., 9/9/17)

Montage (Betsy Bell Hill, 9/12/17)

Red-necked Phalaropes (Stuarts Draft, 9/14/17)

Montage (Hillandale Park, Harrisonburg, 9/15/17)

Chestnut-sided Warbler: J (Hillandale Park, H-burg, 9/15/17)

Hawks montage (Stuarts Draft & Afton Mtn., 9/15/17)

Red-tailed Hawk (Stuarts Draft, 9/15/17)

Broad-winged Hawk (release; Afton Mtn., 9/15/17)

! Broad-winged Hawks & Turkey Vultures (Afton Mtn., 9/15/17)

Brown Thrasher (Staunton, 9/26/17)

Mourning Dove (Sanger's Lane, 9/28/17)

Fish Crow (Howard Univ., Wash., D.C., 9/30/17)

October

Montages (Swoope, Augusta Springs, 10/7/17)

Wild Turkeys (north Staunton, 10/7/17)

Savannah Sparrow (Swoope, 10/7/17)

Grasshopper Sparrow (Swoope, 10/7/17)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Augusta Springs, 10/7/17)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (?): F (Augusta Springs, 10/7/17)

Bald Eagle: juv. (Swoope, Augusta Springs, 10/7/17)

! Northern Harriers (Swoope, Augusta Springs, 10/7/17)

Montage (Chimney Hollow, Bell's Lane, 10/14/17)

European Starlings (Bell's Lane, 10/14/17)

White-crowned Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 10/14/17)

Montage (McCormick's Mill, 10/18/17)

Savannah Sparrow (McCormick's Mill, 10/18/17)

Eastern Bluebird: M (McCormick's Mill, 10/18/17)

Mallards: M, F (McCormick's Mill, 10/18/17)

Red-tailed Hawk (Bell's Lane, 10/18/17)

Montage (Spring Hill, Verona, & Bell's Lane, 10/21/17)

Wild Turkeys (Spring Hill, 10/21/17)

Killdeer (Verona, 10/21/17)

Palm Warbler (Bell's Lane, 10/21/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 10/28/17)

Montage (Stuarts Draft, Big Levels, 10/30/17)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: F (Stuarts Draft, 10/30/17)

( ! ) Common Grackles (Big Levels, 10/30/17)

Hermit Thrush (Big Levels, 10/30/17)

November

Montage (Staunton, Swoope, 11/01/17)

Dark-eyed Junco (Staunton, 11/01/17)

Northern Harrier: M (Swoope, 11/01/17)

Tundra Swans (Front. Cult. Mus., 11/8/17)

Cedar Waxwing (Bell's Lane, 11/10/17)

Montage (Dayton / Silver Lake, 11/10/17)

Black-crowned Night Heron (Dayton, 11/10/17)

Buffleheads, Redheads (Silver Lake, 11/10/17)

Ruddy Duck (Silver Lake, 11/10/17)

Bufflehead: M (Silver Lake, 11/10/17)

Ring-necked Ducks: M, F (Silver Lake, 11/10/17)

Redhead: M (Silver Lake, 11/10/17)

White-throated Sparrow: white wing! (Staunton, 11/11/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane, 11/16/17)

Hairy Woodpecker: M (Bell's Lane, 11/16/17)

Northern Cardinal: F (Bell's Lane, 11/16/17)

Red-tailed Hawk (Bell's Lane, 11/16/17)

Northern Mockingbird (Bell's Lane, 11/16/17)

Starlings, Red-tailed Hawk { ! } (Bell's Lane, 11/16/17)

Montage (Staunton, 11/25/17)

Montage (Raphine & Lexington, 11/26/17)

( ! ) Red-shouldered Hawk (N. of Raphine, 11/26/17)

Rock Pigeon (N. of Lexington, 11/26/17)

Northern Cardinal: F (Lexington, 11/26/17)

December

Montage (Bath Co., Aug. Spr., Bell's Lane, 12/2/17)

Hermit Thrush (Lake Moomaw, 12/2/17)

Common Mergansers: M, F (Richardson Gorge, 12/2/17)

Swamp Sparrow (Augusta Springs, 12/2/17)

Short-eared Owls (Bell's Lane, 12/2/17)

Montage (Mount Crawford, Bell's Lane, 12/10/17)

{ } Snowy Owl: juv. (Mount Crawford, 12/10/17)

White-crowned Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 12/10/17)

Wilson's Snipe (Bell's Lane, 12/10/17)

Montage (Silver Lake, Mt. Crawford, Bell's Lane, 12/16/17)

Long-tailed Duck: F (Silver Lake, 12/16/17)

American Coot (Silver Lake, 12/16/17)

Northern Shoveler: M (Silver Lake, 12/16/17)

Red-tailed Hawk: juv. (Mt. Crawford, 12/16/17)

Cedar Waxwings (Bell's Lane, 12/16/17)

Montage (Fr. Cult. Mus., Mont. Hall Park, Bell's Lane, 12/17/17)

Fox Sparrow (Frontier Culture Museum, 12/17/17)

Cedar Waxwing (Frontier Culture Museum, 12/17/17)

Eastern Towhee: M (Montgomery Hall Park, 12/17/17)

Short-eared Owls (Bell's Lane, 12/20/17)

Montage (Bell's Lane & N. of Verona, 12/25/17)

Wilson's Snipe (Bell's Lane, 12/25/17)

Carolina Chickadee (JMU Arboretum, 12/27/17)

Tufted Titmouse (JMU Arboretum, 12/27/17)

Montage (Pond NW of Waynesboro, 12/31/17)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Pond NW of W-boro, 12/31/17)

Trumpeter Swan (Pond NW of W-boro, 12/31/17)

Northern Pintails: M, F (Pond NW of W-boro, 12/31/17)