Hi Warren,
 Your post interested me, as we just got back from a camping trip to
Shenandoah, and I picked up a copy of Walking the Appalchian Trail by Larry Luxenberg.
If you haven't read it, it is a very good read, and now it is one of my life
dreams to do a "thru-hike" of the entire trail (someday, someday!). My goal
would be to not just hike the trail, but to bird along the entire length, and
put together a list of the birds seen, and in what states, etc. Glad to see
someone here on MDOsprey who hikes the AT and birds it too!
 A very interesting report! Thanks for sharing it.

Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD