Meet 0.1 mile down trail east of Blackbird Knob Trail Parking at Dolly Sods

Guide: Atlee Wise

Friends of Blackwater is offering a chance for the public to watch migration of birds happen right before their own eyes. The geography at the Allegheny Front Bird Observatory sets up a funnel that sets a spectacle under the right conditions of thousands of songbirds including flycatcher, vireos, warblers, sparrows, and finches. This type of stationary count counts the entirety of identifiable birds coming by where the banding station only catches what comes low, giving a better understanding of the magnitude of birds that truly come through here. Bring a chair and stay to watch the beginning of the raptor movements as the morning progresses. I will be there at dawn so feel free to come earlier. This is a stationary count and will be standing at the same spot, about 0.1 from the parking lot