With special permission a small group of us did a survey of birds at the Dulles
Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project early this morning. We saw 11 species of
shorebirds with the highlights including a single Baird's Sandpiper, two
Short-billed Dowitchers and a Semipalmated Plover. Our other highlights
included a single Olive-sided Flycatcher seen by Jon Little & B.J. Westervelt,
a Northern Harrier, a Bald Eagle and 4 Willow Flycatchers behaving as if they
were a family unit. See below for the entire list.
Also, some of you may be int'd in a Birds, Butterflies and Wildflowers walk led
by Stan Shetler and Joe Coleman at the Blue Ridge Center next Saturday, Sept. 4
at 8:30 a.m.. Contact me if you might be int'd and want additional information.
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Green Heron 6
Canada Goose 100+
Wood Duck 6
Mallard 4
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer ca. 100
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Solitary Sandpiper 10
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 15
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 6
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER 1
Willow Flycatcher 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 6
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 4
Song Sparrow 3
Northern cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 35
American Goldfinch 3
Good birding,
Joe Coleman, near Bluemont, Loudoun Co., VA
540-554-2542 or jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx
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