The regular monthly bird walk sponsored by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy
at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship produced good numbers
and varieties of sparrows , kinglets , warblers and vireos. Highlights were
Grasshopper ( 2 ) ,Lincoln (2 ) , Vesper and White-crowned Sparrows. All were
seen around the new visitors center . List follows.
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 5
Canada Goose 5
Wood Duck 2
Cooper's Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 6
Red-bellied W/P 3
Downy W/P 3
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated W/P 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 4
Am Crow 6
Raven 1
Carolina Chickadee 8
House Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 25
Eastern Bluebird 10
Am Robin 4
N.Mockinbird 4
Cedar Waxwing 2
Black-throated Green W 1
Palm W ( 8 including 1 Western race )
Yellow-rumped W 10
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 8
Field Sparrow 15
Vesper Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 6
Grasshopper Sp 2 ( HY )
Song Sparrow 25
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
Swamp sparrow 8
White-throated Sp 10
White-crowned Sp 3
Dark-eyed Junco 1
N.Cardinal 6
House finch 4
Am Goldfinch 6
John Drummond
Ashburn ,Loudoun County
ps In my back yard this afternoon , amonst the several Blue-headed Vireos ,
Kinglets etc were late Nashville ( adult female ) and Black-throated Green (
HY female ) warblers.
