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Red-bellied Woodpecker (Staunton, 1/4/13)
Northern Harrier (Bell's Lane, Staunton, 1/4/13)
Golden Eagle (Highland County, 1/6/13)
Screech Owl (Highland County, 1/6/13)
Wilson's Snipe (Highland County, 1/6/13)
Hooded Mergansers (Staunton, 1/6/13)
Black-crowned Night Heron (Waynesboro, 1/7/13)
Great Blue Heron (Waynesboro, 1/7/13) ~ (eating)
Rusty Blackbirds (Bell's Lane, 1/10/13) ~ (closeup)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (SARS trail, 1/12/13)
Brown Creeper (SARS trail, 1/12/13) ~ (camouflage)
Mockingbird (SARS trail, 1/12/13)
Winter Wren (SARS trail, 1/12/13) ~ (orig. unretouched)
Downy Woodpecker (F) (Staunton, 2/1/13)
Redheads, M & F (Dayton, 2/8/13)
Cedar Waxwings! | (Staunton, 2/10/13)
Eastern Meadowlark (Staunton, 2/13/13)
Short-eared Owl (Swoope, 2/18/13)
Field Sparrow (Rockfish Valley Trail, 2/21/13)
Kestrel (F) (Swoope, 2/24/13)
Red-tailed Hawk (imm.) (Swoope, 2/24/13)
Gadwalls (Willow Lake, 2/28/13)
Cooper's Hawk (Staunton, 3/7/13)
Robin, snow (Staunton, 3/8/13)
Kingfisher (M), fish (Waynesboro, 3/15/13) ~ (F & M)
American Coot (Waynesboro, 3/15/13)
Great Blue Heron (Waynesboro, 3/16/13) ~ Rookery Great Blue Heron rookery: 6 nests! (E. of Staunton, 3/23/13)
Song Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 3/16/13) ~ (in snow, 3/18/13)
Northern Flicker, male (Staunton, 3/17/13)
House Finch, male (Staunton, 3/20/13)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Waynesboro, 3/23/13)
Turkey Vulture (near Batesville, 3/23/13)
Blue-winged Teals (N. Augusta St. in Staunton, 3/27/13)
Meadowlark (Bell's Lane, 3/27/13)
Killdeer (Oak Ridge, 3/28/13)
Red-winged Blackbird, male (Waynesboro, 3/30/13)
Lesser Scaup, male (Waynesboro, 3/30/13)
Bluebird, male (East of Staunton, 4/3/13)
Grackle (Staunton, 4/3/13)
White-throated Sparrow (Staunton, 4/5/13) ~ (Piney River, 4/18/13) ~ (Staunton, 4/24/13)
Phoebe (Bell's Lane, 4/6/13)
Tree Swallows (Bell's Lane, 4/6/13) ~ (4/19) ~ (4/27)
Carolina Chickadee (Bell's Lane, 4/6/13)
Purple Finch, M (SARS, 4/8) ~ F (Piney River, 4/18)
Yellow-rumped Warbler, M (Lynchburg, 4/9/13) ~ F
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (L-burg, 4/9/13) ~ (A.S., 4/13)
Mallard, male (Lynchburg, 4/9/13)
Eastern Towhee, male (Blue Ridge, 4/11/13) ~ (4/18/13)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Bell's Lane, 4/17/13)
Prairie Warbler (Piney River, 4/18/13)
Palm Warbler (Rockfish Valley Trail, 4/18/13)
American Redstart, male (Blue Ridge, 4/18/13) ~ (4/25)
Carolina Wren (Staunton, 4/21/13)
Downy Woodpecker, M (Staunton, 4/21/13)
Bald Eagle nest (Swoope, 4/21/13) ~ (4/13/13)
Blue-winged Teal, male (Bell's Lane, 4/22/13)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Lynchburg, 4/23/13)
Pileated Woodpecker (Lynchburg, 4/23/13)
Flicker, female (Lynchburg, 4/23/13)
Eastern Kingbird (Bell's Lane, 4/24/13)
Brown Thrasher (Bell's Lane, 4/24/13)
Hooded Warbler, male (Blue Ridge, 4/25/13)
White-crowned Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 4/27/13) ~ (5/8/13)
Scarlet Tanager, M (Betsy Bell Hill, 4/29/13) ~ F
Turkey Vulture (Bell's Lane, 4/29/13)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in nest (MHP, 5/1/13)
Black-throated Green Warbler, male (MHP, 5/1/13)
White-eyed Vireo (MHP, 5/1/13)
Ovenbird (CVCC Lynchburg, 5/2/13)
Veery (CVCC, 5/2/13)
Swainson's Thrush (CVCC, 5/2/13)
Scarlet Tanager (CVCC, 5/2/13)
Tufted Titmouse (Woods Mill, 5/2/13)
Baltimore Oriole, male (Barrenridge Rd., 5/5/13) ~ (Sweet Briar College, 5/2)
N. Rough-winged Swallow (Sanger's Lane, 5/5/13)
Black Vulture (Sanger's Lane, 5/5/13) ~ (BRP, 5/9/13)
Scarlet Tanager, M (Betsy Bell Hill, 5/5/13)
Yellow-rumped Warbler, male (Betsy Bell Hill, 5/5/13)
Least Sandpiper (Stuarts Draft, 5/7/13)
Solitary Sandpiper (Bell's Lane, 5/8/13)
Spotted Sandpiper (Bell's Lane, 5/8/13)
Common Yellowthroat, male (Bell's Lane, 5/8/13)
Swamp Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 5/8/13)
Bobolink, male (Bell's Lane, 5/8/13)
Red-bellied Woodpecker, M (Staunton, 5/10/13) ~ F (5/27)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Bell's Lane, 5/11/13)
Magnolia Warbler, male (Bell's Lane, 5/11/13)
Northern Parula, prob. male (Bell's Lane, 5/11/13)
Baltimore Oriole, male (Indian Mound Rd., 5/11/13)
Orchard Orioles, M ~ JM (Indian Mound Rd., 5/11/13)
Pine Siskin (Staunton, 5/11/13)
Indigo Bunting (MHP, 5/12/13)
Red-eyed Vireo (MHP, 5/12/13) ~ (M.R., 5/17/2013)
Bald Eagle (Swoope, 5/15/13)
Louisiana Waterthrush (Aug. Springs, 5/15/13)
( !) Blue-headed Vireo (Old Parkersburg Tpk., 5/15)
Scarlet Tanager, F (Old Parkersburg Tpk., 5/15/13)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Chimney Hollow, 5/15/13)
Pine Warbler (Chimney Hollow, 5/15/13)
Green Heron (Waynesboro, 5/16/13)
Spotted Sandpiper (Waynesboro, 5/16/13)
Worm-eating Warbler (Furnace Mountain, 5/17/13)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, male (Madison Run, 5/17/13)
Acadian Flycatcher (Madison Run, 5/17/13)
Common Loon (Silver Lake, 5/17/13)
Red-winged Blackbird, F (Bell's Lane, 5/20/13)
Field Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 5/20/13)
Gray Catbird (Bell's Lane, 5/20/13)
Warbling Vireo ~ nest (McCormick's Mill, 5/22/13)
Orchard Oriole (McCormick's Mill, 5/22/13)
Flicker (McCormick's Mill, 5/22/13)
Yellow Warbler, male (Bell's Lane, 5/23/13) ~ (5/8/13)
() Brown Thrasher (Bell's Lane, 5/23/13) ~ (5/20/13)
( !) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Big Levels, 5/26/13)
Cedar Waxwing (South River Preserve, 5/26/13)
Scarlet Tanager, 1st-year male (Briery Branch Rd., 5/30/13)
Blackburnian Warbler, male (Briery Branch Rd., 5/30/13)
Hairy Woodpecker, male (Briery Branch Rd., 5/30/13)
Red Crossbill (Briery Branch Rd., 5/30/13)
Eastern Towhee, male (Reddish Knob, 5/30/13)
Red-tailed Hawks (Bell's Lane, 5/31/13)
Bald Eagle nest (Swoope, June 1)
Tree Swallow (Bell's Lane, 6/3/13)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 6/3/13)
Eastern Wood Pewee (Betsy Bell Hill, 6/4/13)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Betsy Bell Hill, 6/4/13)
Brown-headed Cowbirds, M&F (Betsy Bell Hill, 6/4/13) ~
Downy Woodpecker, juv. (Staunton, 6/7/2013)
Chestnut-sided Warbler, M (Shen. Nat. Park, 6/9/13)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, male (Shen. Nat. Park, 6/9/13)
Eastern Towhee, male (Shen. Nat. Park, 6/14/13)
Indigo Bunting (Shen. Nat. Park, 6/14/13) ~ (6/28/13)
American Crow (Shen. Nat. Park, 6/14/13)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Shen. Nat. Park, 6/14/13)
Barn Swallow (Port Republic, 6/14/13)
Hairy Woodpecker, female (Ramsey's Draft, 6/15/13)
Red-tailed Hawk (Ramsey's Draft, 6/15/13)
Northern Parula, male (Ramsey's Draft, 6/15/13)
House Wren (Sweet Briar College, 6/26/13)
House Sparrow, F (Staunton, 6/27/13)
Ruffed Grouse (Elliott's Knob, 6/29/13)
Chestnut-sided Warbler, M (Elliott's Knob, 6/29/13)
Canada Warbler, F ~ J (Elliott's Knob, 6/29/13)
Dark-eyed Junco (Elliott's Knob, 6/29/13)
Cedar Waxwing (Elliott's Knob, 6/29/13)
Mockingbird ~ juv. (Staunton, 7/4/13)
Veery (Pocosin Cabin, SNP, 7/6/13)
Canada Warbler, F (Pocosin Cabin, SNP, 7/6/13)
Red-eyed Vireo (Pocosin Cabin, SNP, 7/6/13)
Indigo Bunting (Hensley Hollow overlook, SNP, 7/6/13)
Broad-winged Hawk, juvenile (Madison Run, 7/13/13)
American Goldfinch, M ~ F (Bell's Lane, 7/13/13)
Bluebird, female (with spider) (Bell's Lane, 7/13/13)
Dark-eyed Junco (Ravens Roost, BRP, 7/14/13)
Indigo Bunting (Humpback Rocks, BRP, 7/14/13)
Willow Flycatcher ~ at nest (Bell's Lane, 7/16/13)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Bell's Lane, 7/16/13)
Mockingbird (Bell's Lane, 7/16/13)
Northern Parula, prob. F (Ramsey's Draft, 7/18/13)
Black & White Warblers: M & F ( " ", 7/18/13)
Red-eyed Vireo (Confederate Breastworks, 7/18/13)
Blue-headed Vireo (S. of Confed. Breastworks, 7/18/13)
American Redstart, F (Calf Mtn. overlook, SNP, 7/19/13)
Willow Flycatcher (Bell's Lane, 7/25/13)
American Goldfinch, M (Bell's Lane, 7/25/13)
Brown Thrasher (Bell's Lane, 7/25/13)
Grasshopper Sparrow: juv. (Bell's Lane, 7/25/13)
Gray Catbird (Bell's Lane, 7/25/13)
Cardinal, juvenile (Staunton, 7/26/13)
Northern Flickers: father (R) & son (L) (Staunton, 8/4/13)
Goldfinch female in nest (Bell's Lane, 8/9/13)
Orchard Oriole, female (Bell's Lane, 8/9/13)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, M (W of Staunton, 8/9/13)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, F (W of Staunton, 8/9/13)
White-Breasted Nuthatch (Shen. Nat. Park, 8/16/13)
Eastern Wood Pewees (Shen. Nat. Park, 8/16/13)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Shen. Nat. Park, 8/16/13 -- retouched!)
Red-tailed Hawk (Shen. Nat. Park, 8/16/13)
Mourning Dove (Leonard's Pond, 8/26/13)
Baltimore Oriole, male (Bell's Lane, 8/26/13)
Least Flycatcher (Bell's Lane, 8/26/13)
Eastern Phoebe (Rockfish Valley Trail, 8/29/13)
Chipping Sparrow (Sweet Briar College, 9/4/13)
Indigo Bunting, female (Rockfish Valley Trail, 9/4/13)
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird, F (Rockfish Valley Trail, 9/4/13)
White-eyed Vireo, juvenile (Rockfish Valley Trail, 9/4/13)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Blue Ridge Pkwy., 9/7/13)
Broad-winged Hawks, kettling (Afton Mtn., 9/7/13)
Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Harrier (Afton Mtn., 9/7/13)
Magnolia Warbler, male (Bell's Lane, 9/8/13)
Philadelphia Vireo (Bell's Lane, 9/8/13)
American Redstart, female (Bell's Lane, 9/8/13)
Willow Flycatcher (Bell's Lane, 9/8/13)
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird, JM (Rockfish Valley trail, 9/9/13)
Bald Eagle (Afton Mtn., 9/11/13)
Bluebird, juvenile (Afton Mtn., 9/11/13)
House Wren (Sweet Briar College, 9/13/13)
Hairy Woodpecker, male (Sweet Briar College, 9/13/13)
Field Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 9/15/13)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Bell's Lane, 9/15/13)
Indigo Bunting, female (Bell's Lane, 9/15/13)
Double-crested Cormorant (Bell's Lane, 9/15/13)
Broad-winged Hawk (Afton Mtn., 9/15/13)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Afton Mtn., 9/15/13)
Magnolia Warbler, female (Rockfish Valley trail, 9/19/13)
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird (Rockfish Valley tr., 9/19/13)
Great Blue Heron (Bell's Lane, 9/21/13)
Osprey (Navy Yard, Washington D.C., 9/22/13)
Cape May Warbler, male (BWT, Lynchburg, 9/24/13)
Tennessee Warbler (BWT, Lynchburg, 9/24/13)
Bay-breasted Warbler (BWT, Lynchburg, 9/24/13)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, JM (BWT, Lynchburg, 9/24/13)
Palm Warbler (Rockfish Valley trail, 9/26/13)
White-breasted Nuthatch (Staunton, 9/27/13)
Magnolia Warbler (Jarman's Gap, SNP, 9/28/13)
Black & White Warbler (Jarman's Gap, SNP, 9/28/13)
Ovenbird (Turk Mtn., SNP, 9/28/13)
Blackpoll Warbler (Turk Mtn., SNP, 9/28/13)
Black-throated Green Warblers (Turk Mtn., SNP, 9/28/13)
Black-throated Blue Warbler, F (Turk Mtn., SNP, 9/28/13)
Dark-eyed Junco, juvenile (Ravens Roost, BRP, 10/2/13)
Cape May Warbler, male (Staunton, 10/4/13)
Red-tailed Hawk (Swoope, 10/5/13)
Carolina Chickadee (Staunton, 10/13/13)
Golden-crowned Kinglet, male (Staunton, 10/15/13)
Tufted Titmouse (Staunton, 10/15/13)
Blue Jays (Staunton, 10/15/13 & 10/20/13)
White-breasted Nuthatch (Shen. Nat. Park, 10/20/13)
Common Yellowthroat, male (Rockfish Valley trail, 10/23/13)
Pied-billed Grebe (Boy Scount camp lake, 10/27/13)
Blue-winged Teal, female (McCormick's Mill, 10/27/13)
Hermit Thrushes (BWT, Lynchburg, 10/29/13)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Piney River, 10/31/13)
Hermit Thrush (Augusta Springs, 11/2/13)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Augusta Springs, 11/2/13)
Winter Wren (Augusta Springs, 11/2/13)
Turkey Vulture (Charlottesville, 11/3/13)
Pied-billed Grebe (Sweet Briar College, 11/6/13)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Leonard's Pond, 11/16/13)
Kestrel, with mouse or vole (Swoope, 11/17/13)
Bald Eagles (Swoope, 11/17/13)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Swoope, 11/17/13)
Cooper's Hawk (Staunton, 12/8/13)
Kestrel, male (near Leonard's Pond, 12/17/13)
American Black Ducks (Leonard's Pond, 12/17/13)
Hooded Mergansers (Waynesboro, 12/25/13)
Rough-legged Hawks (Dixon Co., Nebraska, 12/28/13)
Bald Eagle (Dixon Co., Nebraska, 12/28/13)
Black-capped Chickadee (Dixon Co., Nebraska, 12/28/13)
House Sparrow, male (Vermillion, SD, 12/29/13)
All locations are in Virginia unless otherwise stated. Abbreviations:
MHP = Montgomery Hall Park, Staunton, VA
FCM = Frontier Culture Museum, Staunton, VA
SNP = Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
BRP = Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia
A.S. = Augusta Springs wetlands, Virginia
RMNP = Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
SARS = Staunton-Augusta Rescue Squad, Staunton, VA
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