Summer Birds in Tazewell County 2018

Double-crested Cormorant (Falls Mills Lake)

Semipalmanted Plover (Falls Mills Lake)

Green Heron (Falls Mills Lake)

Solitary Sandpiper (Lake Witten)

Great Egret (Lake Witten)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (injured wing) (Richlands)

Purple Martin (Male) (Falls Mills Lake)

Purple Martin (Female) (Falls Mills Lake)

Spring Migration 2018 (The Cove)

Baltimore Oriole

Yellow Warbler

Scarlet Tanager

Indigo Bunting

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Great Egret

Swallows 2018 (in The Cove)

They were at a farm pond (a creek causeway) on Cove Road (4/24/2018).

Barn Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Tree Swallow

Lesser Yellowlegs (with one leg)

Lesser Yellowlegs

American Black Duck 2018

They look quite similar to female Mallards. But take a second look through a group of brown ducks to notice the dark chocolate-brown flanks, pale grayish face, and olive-yellow bill of an American Black Duck.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Black_Duck

Seen at Fall Mills (Mud Fork Creek)

Seen in Russell County (Little River)

Trumpeter Swan 2018

Trumpeter Swans are our biggest native waterfowl, stretching to 6 feet in length and weighing more than 25 pounds - almost twice as massive as a Tundra Swan. Getting airborne requires a lumbering takeoff along a 100-yard runway.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Trumpeter_Swan

A trumpeter Swan was located near Hansonville, VA (Russell County) on February 17th. Due to recent flooding a farm field provided a place for the swan.

Golden Eagle 2018

The Golden Eagle is one of the largest, fastest, nimblest raptors in North America. Lustrous gold feathers gleam on the back of its head and neck; a powerful beak and talons advertise its hunting prowess. Although capable of killing large prey such as cranes, wild ungulates, and domestic livestock, the Golden Eagle subsists primarily on rabbits, hares, ground squirrels, and prairie dogs.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Golden_Eagle

This photo was taken in Burkes Garden on February 6, 2018

Snow and Ross's Geese

The Snow Goose is a white-bodied goose with black wingtips. The bill has a dark line along it, often called a "grinning patch". You may also see dark morph Snow Geese, or "Blue Geese,"
A tiny white goose with black wingtips, the Ross's Goose is like a miniature version of the more abundant Snow Goose.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snow_Goose

Ross's Goose (Richlands)

Ross's Goose (Falls Mills)

Ross's Goose with Canadian Goose (Falls Mills)

Snow Geese (White, Blue and juvenile Blue) (Bristol)

Snow Goose (juvenile White) (Bristol)