The regular monthly bird walk at Banshee Reeks today, led by John Drummond, and
sponsored by the Friends of Banshee Reeks and the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy,
saw 38 species of birds of which the highlights were a Bald Eagle, 4 (possibly
more) Brown Creepers, and two Fox Sparrows (the first of the season for most of
us). We would have had a seven-woodpecker day but were unable to locate a
Red-headed. A short visit to the very full Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation
Project on Oatlands Mill Rd afterwards netted a Great Blue Heron, a couple of
Black Ducks, lots of Mallards and Green-winged Teals, 16 Buffleheads and
several unidentified silhouetted ducks.
For any of you who may be int'd the Audubon Naturalist Society is sponsoring a
1/2 day trip to the Banshee Reeks area next Sunday (11/16) morning. We will
meet at the gate to the preserve on The Woods Road at 8:00 am.
The list for today follows (the first number is Banshee; the 2nd is the
Wetlands):
GB Heron 0/1
Black Vulture 30+
Turkey Vulture 250+
Canada Goose 48
American Black Duck 0/5
Mallard 2/lots
Green-winged Teal 0/lots
Bufflehead 0/16
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
American Kestrel 1
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1/1
Red-bellied WP 12
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy WP 4
Hairy WP 2
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated WP 4
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 50
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 5
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Am Robin 3
No Mockingbird 2
European Starling 12
Cedar Waxwing 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 10
Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 14
White-throated Sparrow 24
Dark-eyed Junco 15
No Cardinal 8
Common Grackle 25
Am Goldfinch 25
Joe Coleman
near Bluemont
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