Va Birders :
Some 16 birders enjoyed catching glimpses and sometimes extended
views of several migrant warbler flocks at Bansheee Reeks Nature Preserve on
the regular second Saturday of the month bird walk. Highlights were
Philadelphia Vireo , Blackburnian ,Black-throated Green and Chestnut-sided
Warblers and
Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
Complete list as follows :
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 6
Rock Pigeon 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Barn Owl 1
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummer 2
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed W/P 1
Downy W/P 4
Hairy 2
Flicker 10
Pileated W/P 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 10
Least F/C 1
Eastern Phoebe 6
White-eyed Vireo 10
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Caroilina Wren 6
Eastern Bluebird 2
American robin 10
Gray Catbird 15
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thraher 2
Starling 1
Chestnut-side W 2
Black-throated Green W 4
Blackburnian W 4
Black and White W 1
Am Redstart 6
C.Yellowthroat 10
Canada W 1
E. Towhee 8
Field Sp 2
Song Sp 2
N.Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 2
Orchard Oriole 1
Am Goldfinch 25.
Earlier three birders visited the restricted access Dulles Wetlands
from 6-30 to 7-30 a.m. Numbers of shorebirds were down from the previous
weekend but the adult White-rumped S/P was still present along with one adult
Semi-Palmated S/P and about a dozen mixed juvenal and adult Least S/P. Also
heard
at the wetlands were 3 Virginia Rails , one Sora , one Marsh Wren and 2
Bobolinks.
John Drummond
Ashburn
Loudoun County.
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