On the message I just sent out I was cutting & pasting & apparently also had
the numbers from an earlier walk.
The correct message follows:
Yesterday morning 11 people participated in an Audubon Naturalist Society walk
at Banshee Reeks and the nearby Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project in
central Loudoun County. The walk was led by Joe Coleman assisted by Stan
Shetler. Permission was given for a small group to visit the Dulles Greenway
Wetlands Mitigation Project at first light prior to the scheduled walk.
A total of 73 species were observed.
The highlights of the walk were Virginia Rail and Sora on the Wetlands, Wild
Turkey, shorebirds on the Wetlands including Pectoral, Red-headed Woodpecker,
Prairie Warbler at both Banshee & the Wetlands, and a Yellow-breasted Chat.
Don't forget that there will be a bird walk at Banshee Reeks this Saturday
morning (5/8) at 8:00 a.m. led by Andy Rabin & meeting at the Visitor's Center.
The complete list follows (the 2nd number is for the Wetlands):
Great Blue Heron 1/2
Green Heron 0/3
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 25
Canada Goose 15/75
Wood Duck 4/6
Mallard 2/6
Blue-winged Teal 0/2
Osprey 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 (1 sitting on a nest)
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Wild Turkey 1
Virginia Rail 0/1
Sora 0/2
Killdeer 0/2
Greater Yellowlegs 0/6
Lesser Yellowlegs 0/2
Solitary Sandpiper 1/15
Pectoral Sandpiper 0/3
Mourning Dove 6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 9
Red-headed Woodpecker 2/0
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 6/2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 5/1
White-eyed Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 6
Am Crow 3
Tree Swallow 20/30
No. Rough-winged Swallow 3/10
Barn Swallow 6/30
Carolina Chickadee 2/1
Tufted Titmouse 2/1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 0/1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6/2
Eastern Bluebird 4
Wood Thrush 5
Am. Robin 6
Gray Catbird 8/4
No Mockingbird 4/2
Brown Thrasher 6/2
European Starling 8
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6/6
Prairie Warbler 3/2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Ovenbird 4
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 10/5
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 6
Field Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 0/1
Dark-eyed Junco 45
No Cardinal 6/4
Bobolink 2 (flyovers singing)
Red-winged Blackbird 3/50
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Orchard Oriole 8/2
Am. Goldfinch 6
Joe Coleman, near Bluemont, VA
jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx or 540-554-2542
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