We spent Saturday morning at Banshee Reeks in Loudoun county on their normal
weekend open to visitors. Here's what we found:
Birds:
Turkey Vulture - 5
Canada Goose - 37
American Kestrel - 3
Rock Dove - 3
Mourning Dove - 5
Barn Owl - 1 (butt only visible - in silo)
Chimney Swift - 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - 2 immature
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Northern Flicker - 8
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 21
American Crow - 3
Tree Swallow - 6
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Gray Catbird - 15
Brown Thrasher - 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 fall plumaged
Cape May Warbler -2
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Eastern Towhee - 2
Indigo Bunting - 1
American Goldfinch - 4
Butterflies:
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
American Copper
Eastern-tailed Blue
Great Spangled Frittillary
Pearl Crescent
Questionmark
Comma
Red-spotted Purple
Monarch
Glenn Koppel
Mary Alice Koeneke
14606 Stone Crossing Court
Centreville, Virginia 20120-2901
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