Some 14 birders explored Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve , Loudoun County ,
this morning before the rain where there were a couple of early migrants
passing
through. A smaller group of 4 birded the Dulles Wetlands from 6-00a.m to
7-30 a.m. Highlights were Solitary , Spotted and Least Sandpipers at DGMP and
Blackburnian W , American Redstart and Blue Grosbeak at Banshee. The full
list follows with DGMP noted first :
Great Blue H 1/3
Green Heron 5/2
Black Vulture 0/1
Turkey Vulture 0/6
Canada Goose 250/135
Wood Duck 5/0
American Black Duck 25/0
Mallard 2/0
Red-shouldered Hawk 4/0
Broad-winged Hawk 0/1
Red-tailed Hawk 0/3
Am Kestrel 0/1
Virginia Rail 2/0
Killdeer 25/0
Lesser Yellowlegs 2/0
Solitary S/P 2/0
Spotted S/P 1/0
Semipalmated S/P 1/0
Least S/P 25/0
Mourning Dove 5/10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1/1
Chimney Swift 2/10
Ruby-throated Hummer 2/2
Belted K/F 4/2
Red-headed W/P 0/2
Red-bellied W/P 0/3
Downy W/P 0/4
No Flicker 0/2
Pileated W/P 0/2
Eastern Wood Pewee 1/6
Willow F/C 1/0
Eastern Phoebe 1/0
Eastern Kingbird 6/6
White-eyed vireo 0/3
Red-eyed Vireo 0/3
Blue Jay 2/10
Am Crow 10/10
Fish Crow 3/0
Tree Swallow 10/0
Bank swallow 1/0
No. Rough-winged Sw 5/0
Barn Swallow 15/10
Carolina Chickadee 0/3
Tufted Titmouse 0/6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2/8
Carolina Wren 2/8
House Wren 1/1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0/4
Eastern Bluebird 1/4
American robin 10/25
Gray Catbird 6/25
No. Mockingbird 2/2
European Starling 0/10
Cedar Waxwing 3/4
Northern parula 0/1
Blackburnian W 0/1
American Redstart 0/1
Common Yellowthroat 0/6
Eastern Towhee 0/10
Field Sparrow 4/6
Song sparrow 5/5
Northern Cardinal 0/6
Blue Grosbeak 0/2
Indigo Bunting 6/30
Red-winged Blackbird 250/0
Common Grackle 0/12
Brown-headed Cowbird 0/1
Baltimoe Oriole 0/1
Orchard Oriole 1/10
American Goldfinch 4/12
John Drummond
Ashburn
Loudoun County.
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