Twenty-two people showed up for this morning's bird walk at at the 900
acre Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship in northwestern
Loudoun County. With a temp. of only 18 the day started out pretty
slowly.
The highlights of the 34-species walk included a single SAVANNAH
SPARROW, several birds of prey, and lots of woodpeckers (no
Red-headed though). We concentrated on the weedy fields around the
Visitor Center and the Farmstead Loop with a short visit to Arnold
Road to wrap-up.
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.
We observed:
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 6
Canada Goose 35
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 7
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 20
Carolina Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 15
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 15
Field Sparrow 10+
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 25
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco 8
Northern Cardinal 12
Am Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 6
Joe Coleman
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