[va-bird] Birds Observed at the Blue Ridge Center (Loudoun Co), August 26

Posted for Joe Coleman:


Fourteen people participated in the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy's bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship in northwestern Loudoun County this morning. Mary Ann Good, Gerry Hawkins, Laura Weidner, Ray Smith, & Elliot & Nancy Kirschbaum were among the several birders there so we had no problem having several healthy discussions over the many different flycatchers and occasional warbler we saw.

The highlights of the 56 bird species included a well-seen LEAST FLYCATCHER, a couple of TRAILL'S FLYCATCHERS, a couple of WHITE-EYED VIREOS, a couple YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, a WORM-EATING WARBLER, 3 HOODED WARBLERS, two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, AND 3 BOBOLINKS. We started the walk at the Market Garden and the Visitor Center and then took the Farmstead Loop.

Information on the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship can be found at http://www.blueridgecenter.org/directions.html. Information on the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy can be found at www.loudounwildlife.org.

Birds Seen:
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture  5
Canada Goose 100+

Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove  2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  6
Acadian Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe 6
Eastern Kingbird  6
Traill's Flycatcher  2
White-eyed Vireo  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  6
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 10
Fish Crow   2
Tree Swallow  30+
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Barn Swallow 15
Carolina Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch  6
Carolina Wren  6
House Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Eastern Bluebird  30+
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  4
Brown Thrasher  2
European Starling 100+
Cedar Waxwing  6
Nashville Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Worm-eating Warbler  1
Hooded Warbler  3
Scarlet Tanager  1
Eastern Towhee  2
Chipping Sparrow 6
Field Sparrow 6
Grasshopper Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow 6
Northern Cardinal 8
Indigo Bunting  6
Bobolink 3
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Eastern Meadowlark  1
Am Goldfinch  12

Butterflies Seen:
Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Great-spangled Fritillary
Meadow Fritillary
Pearl Crescent
Eastern Comma
Northern Pearly Eye
Red-spotted Purple
Monarch ( & lots of Monarch caterpillars on the milkweed as well as a GRAY TREE FROG)
Silver-spotted Skipper

Joe Coleman
jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx or 540-554-2542



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