[va-bird] Blue Ridge Center bird walk, Loudoun County, March 25

This morning, 7 of us met a the Neersville fire station for the monthly bird 
walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship, sponsored by 
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. We walked along Arnold Trail, to Gordon's Pond, 
and spent some time wandering around the wetland. We ended up seeing 44 
species. Highlights included 6 woodpecker species, ravens, meadowlarks (seen 
earlier in the morning), and a cooperative Fox Sparrow.

Great Blue Heron: 1
Turkey Vulture: 10
Canada Goose: 3
Mallard: 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1
Red-shouldered Hawk: 2
Red-tailed Hawk: 3
Rock Pigeon: 3
Mourning Dove: 16
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 9
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 1
Downy Woodpecker: 6
Hairy Woodpecker: 2
Northern Flicker: 4
Pileated Woodpecker: 4
Eastern Phoebe: 6
Blue Jay: 2
American Crow: 16
Common Raven: 2
Carolina Chickadee: 12
Tufted Titmouse: 16
White-breasted Nuthatch: 4
Brown Creeper: 3
Carolina Wren: 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet: 15
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1
Eastern Bluebird: 8
American Robin: 28
Northern Mockingbird: 2
European Starling: 50
Yellow-rumped Warbler: 2
Eastern Towhee: 1
Field Sparrow: 2
Fox Sparrow: 3
Song Sparrow: 25
Swamp Sparrow: 2
White-throated Sparrow: 15
Dark-eyed Junco: 30
Northern Cardinal: 15
Red-winged Blackbird: 45
Eastern Meadowlark: 8
Common Grackle: 80
Brown-headed Cowbird: 6
American Goldfinch: 1


Information on and Directions to 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.

Andy Rabin
Loudoun County

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