FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Banshee Reeks & the Dulles Wetlands, central Loudoun Co., Feb. 8, 2003

["Coleman" <jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb. 8, five people participated in our regular monthly bird walk at the 
Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve (www.bansheereeks.org).   35 species were 
observed.  The temperature was 21 degrees when we started and 28 when we 
finished with about 4.5" of snow on the ground.   The glare off the snow made 
it very difficult to identify the many sparrows who insisted on constantly 
moving into the sun.

The most int'g birds were a single male Hooded Merganser, a single Red-headed 
Woodpecker, 3 Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers, a Winter Wren and a singing (for a 
long time) Rusty Blackbird.

A total of 35 species were seen.  The complete list follows:

Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 5
Mallard  3
Am Black Duck 3
Hooded Merganser 1
Northern Harrier 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Rock Dove 3
Mourning Dove 5
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2/0
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 2
Am Crow 12
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 3
Winter Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Am Robin 12
No Mockingbird 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 8
Eastern Towhee 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco 20
House Finch 3
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Rusty Blackbird 1

Joe Coleman, near Bluemont, VA
jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx or 540-554-2542

You are subscribed to VA-BIRD. To post to this mailing list, simply send email 
to va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send email to
va-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.