FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Rusty Blackbird, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Purple Finches & White-crowned Sparrows, Loudoun Co

["Coleman" <jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx>]

ANS sponsored a field trip to several locations in central Loudoun Co today.  
The trip began w/a short visit to ANS's Rust nature Sanctuary in Leesburg, 
proceeded on to the Dulles Wetlands, Banshee Reeks & finished up in the 
afternoon in Luckett's.

The highlights of the trip included hatch-year Red-headed Woodpeckers on 
Banshee Reeks, several (three or four) Red-breasted Nuthatches near the pond on 
the Rust Nature Sanctuary, a Rusty Blackbird on the Dulles Wetlands, Purple 
Finches along The Woods Rd on the east side of Banshee Reeks and on Limestone 
Branch School Rd near Temple Hall Regional Park and White-crowned Sparrows on 
the east side of Banshee Reeks near The Woods Rd & along Hibler Rd.  We also 
had late Yellow-billed Cuckoos (heard at Banshee Reeks), Eastern Phoebes, Gray 
Catbird and Brown Thrasher.

The complete list follows:
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

There were also several butterfly species including:
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Variegated Fritillary
Pearl Crescent
Monarch