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| Ed Talbott | profile | all galleries >> Buchanan County Bird Club >> BCBC Hike at Whitewood, Virginia | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
Buchanan County Bird Club members hiked the abandoned Norfolk and Western Railway line, Sunday, May 21, 2006. Great Blue Herons, a Spotted Sandpiper, a Blue-winged Warbler, and a Louisiana Waterthrush made for an exciting hike.
 Getting Started |
 Ed Caudill scans beaver pond |
 Richard Kretz photographs Spotted Sandpiper |
 Restroom facilities at nearby cemetery |
 Old N&W Spur Line |
 Crossing the Trestle |
 Barbara Caudill enjoys the hike |
 Old Electrical Insulators |
 Railway Signal |
 Bugloss or Valerian ? |
 Showy Rattlebox ? |
 Bee Fly ?? |
 Abandoned Loading Dock |
 Remnants of Loading Dock |
 Conveyors to load coal cars |
 Coal hopper |
 Coal sorter/hopper |
 Michelle Talbott |
 Ed Talbott, III |
 View from below |
 Michelle sings opera to Don and Roger |
 Ed, Jr. and Mary Talbott |
 Ed Talbott, Jr. and coal crusher |
 Drum in coal crusher |
 Coal sorting grates |
 Slate picking station |
 Old grader |
 Northern Leopard Frog |
 British Soldiers Lichen |
 Pearly Crescentspot |
 Pearly Crescentspot |
 Tadpoles |
 Maidenhair Fern |
 Spider's Web |
 Along the trail |
 Peaceful spot |
 Millipede |
 The old baseball field |
 Ed Talbott, Jr. and Richard Kretz |
 Beetle ?? |
 Heading Back |
 Final Mile |
 Talbotts cross the trestle |
 Picturesque creek flowing below trestle |
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| Holli Hughes | 24-May-2006 14:26 | |