Fourteen people participated in the Northern Virginia Bird Club field trip to
the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve this morning and saw 41 species at Banshee &
an additional 8 species at the Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project.
The highlights of the day were the flyover flock of about 50 Tundra Swans and 5
Blue-winged Teal at the Wetlands, a Bald Eagle that flew over both the Wetlands
& the Preserve, the first Phoebes and the first Tree Swallows of the season
(for most of us).
Don't forget that Banshee is open to the general public tomorrow, Sunday, March
20 from 8 am to 4 pm, again on Arbor Day, April 9 (10 am to 3 pm) & again on
April 16 & 17 from 8 am to 4 pm. Several new trails have been opened in the
past few months providing access to a lot more of the preserve.
The complete list follows (the 2nd number, where there is one, is for the
Wetlands:
Great Blue Heron 0/1
Turkey Vulture 30
Canada Goose 2/15
Wood Duck 2/20
American Wigeon 0/6
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 2/12
Blue-winged Teal 0/5
Northern Pintail 0/6
Green-winged Teal 0/50
Bald Eagle 1/1 (prob. the same bird)
Red-shouldered Hawk 0/2
Red-tailed Hawk 5
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 20/10
Mourning Dove 6
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 6
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 20
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 10/2
American Robin 30
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Eastern Towhee 4
Field Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 24
White-throated Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 15
Northern Cardinal 11
Red-winged Blackbird 6/50
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
House Finch 4
Am Goldfinch 12
Information on the Northern Virginia Bird Club can be found at
http://www.nvabc.org/ ;.
Information on the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve can be found at
http://www.bansheereeks.org. ;
Joe Coleman
jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx or 540-554-2542
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