Ten people showed up on Sat. morning for the regular (every 4th Sat.) bird
walk by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy at the Blue Ridge Center. With
summer well underway, the birds were much quieter and less obvious than they
have been recently but the butterflies made up for that. We did get some
great looks at a Scarlet Tanager, lots of male Indigo Buntings on open
perches, as well as Common Yellowthroats.
We also got a lot of practice for our Annual Butterfly Count which is
scheduled for Sat., Aug. 5 and includes a lot of territory from Leesburg to
the Blue Ridge Center. Many of the wildflowers in the meadows that the Blue
Ridge Center manages were blooming and attracting numerous butterflies, with
lots of Easter Tiger Swallowtails on the wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
and at least a half dozen Monarchs on both it and milkweed.
For a list of the birds and butterflies see below.
Information on the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship can be
found at <http://www.blueridgecenter.org> http://www.blueridgecenter.org.
Information on the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and its many free activities
can be found at <http://www.loudounwildlife.org> www.loudounwildlife.org.
Joe Coleman
Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship, Loudoun, Virginia, US Jul
22, 2017 8:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.2 mile(s)
37 species
Turkey Vulture 4
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 15
Acadian Flycatcher 8
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 10
American Crow 1
Purple Martin 4
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 4
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Eastern Bluebird 2
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Prairie Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Field Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Scarlet Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 8
Orchard Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 4
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38266037
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Butterflies seen:
Spicebush Swallowtail 10
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 35
Cabbage White 2
Clouded Sulphur 2
Orange Sulphur 4
Eastern-tailed Blue 3
Silvery Checkerspot 1
anglewings 2
Common Buckeye 2
Hackberry Emperor 1
Northern Pearly Eye 1
Monarch 6
Silver-spotted Skipper 3
Least Skipper 2
