Fifteen people participated in the Friends of Banshee Reeks & Loudoun Wildlife
Conservancy's bird walk at Banshee Reeks this morning and saw 45 species at
Banshee & an additional 5 species at the Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation
Project. The highlights of the day were the approximately 8 Fox Sparrows we
saw.
Don't forget that Banshee is open to the general public next Saturday & Sunday
from 8 am to 4 pm.
The complete list follows (the 2nd number, where there is one, is for the
Wetlands:
Great Blue Heron 0/2
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 20
Canada Goose 25/10
Wood Duck 6
American Wigeon 0/1
Mallard 2/30
Northern Pintail 0/45
Hooded Merganser 3/3
Common Merganser 2
Bald Eagle 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0/2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Kestrel 1
Ring-billed Gull 75/15
Mourning Dove 15
Belted Kingfisher 0/1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 20
Fish Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 12
American Robin 50
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Eastern Towhee 1
Am Tree Sparrow 1 possible
Field Sparrow 12
Fox Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 15
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 100+
Northern Cardinal 11
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 20
House Finch 1
Am Goldfinch 2
Information on the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve can be found at
http://www.bansheereeks.org. Information on the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy ;
can be found at www.loudounwildlife.org.
Joe Coleman
jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx or 540-554-2542
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