Our annual pilgrimages to Stecoah Gap are always wonderful, although some species elude us as the spring progresses. This year we had superb views of multiple Golden-wings, but could only hear a Cerulean Warbler. A singing Worm-eating Warbler was a nice find and is not a species that we get here every year. Another nice surprise was a Savannah Sparrow feeding alongside the road near the picnic tables. This was obviously a migrant that had stopped to feed in the short grass. We finished the walk with 14 warblers, which was not too bad, before heading over to Snowbird Lodge for afternoon coffee and cookies.
| Birds | |
| Turkey Vulture | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Mourning Dove | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Chimney Swift | Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Blackburnian Warbler |
| Eastern Phoebe | Cerulean Warbler (Hd) |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Black-and-White Warbler |
| Blue Jay | American Redstart |
| American Crow | Worm-eating Warbler |
| Common Raven | Ovenbird |
| Carolina Chickadee | Kentucky Warbler (Hd) |
| Tufted Titmouse | Hooded Warbler |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Scarlet Tanager |
| Carolina Wren | Northern Cardinal |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| American Robin | Indigo Bunting |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Eastern Towhee |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Savannah Sparrow |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Dark-eyed Junco |
| Golden-winged Warbler | American Goldfinch |
| Northern Parula | |