Twelve people participated in the bird walk at the Banshee Reeks Nature
Preserve in central Loudoun Co (www.bansheereeks.org) this morning, June 12.
The highlights of the 61-species day included a NORTHERN BOBWHITE (heard by all
near the beaver pond), WILLOW FLYCATCHER (heard & seen), GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
(heard), YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (well-seen & very-well heard), EASTERN
MEADOWLARKS and a visit to the MAPS banding station where we saw a few birds
banded. I briefly stopped by the Dulles Wetlands Mitigation Project (DGWMP)
before the walk where I saw the BALD EAGLE near its nest but still no sign of
any young birds.
We also saw a few butterflies.
Don't forget that Banshee is open to the general public next week (the 3rd
weekend of the month) on Saturday & Sunday, June 19 & June 20, from 8 am to 4
pm.
The complete list follows:
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 6
Canada Goose 20
Mallard 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Northern Bobwhite 1
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 10
Acadian Flycatcher 4
Willow Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 6
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 20
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 12
Wood Thrush 4 (not including the four at the banding station awaiting banding)
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 15
Northern Mockingbird 6
Brown Thrasher 6
European Starling 6
Cedar Waxwing 4
Yellow Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 2
Ovenbird 1 (heard as we were driving out of the preserve)
Common Yellowthroat 12
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Scarlet Tanager 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 20
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 12
Indigo Bunting 12
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Baltimore Oriole 3
Northern Oriole 12
Am Goldfinch 12
Butterflies Seen:
Tiger Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Spring Azure
Great-spangled Fritillary
Variegated Fritillary
Joe Coleman
jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx or 540-554-2542
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