VA BIRDers,
Warmth and humidity met the 12+ participants for the regular (every 2nd Sat.)
monthly bird walk at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve in central Loudoun
County August 13, starting at 8:00 am at the Visitor Center/Manor House. This
field trip was sponsored by the Friends of Banshee Reeks and the Loudoun
Wildlife Conservancy and lead by Joe Coleman. Before the field trip started, a
few of us visited the adjacent Dulles Wetlands Mitigation Bank for which
permission was obtained beforehand. Top birds at Banshee were Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher and Blackburnian Warbler; also much YB Cuckoo vocalization and some
were flying about. At Dulles Wetlands, a mix of shorebirds was noted including
Pectoral Sandpiper, American Black Duck was part of the waterfowl crowd and
many Green Herons (old and Young) were tallied. Overall the bird activity for
the day was quite surprising given the heat and humidity ? pockets of locals
and migrants were encountered which was quite pleasant. The list follows (OK
Rog?); the first entry is for Dulles Wetlands.
Special Thanks to Joe Coleman for making arrangements and leading these trips!
Kurt Gaskill
C. Goose 54/7
Wood Duck 3/0
Am. Black Duck 2/0
Mallard 6/0
Great Blue Heron 0/1
Great Egret 6/0
Green Heron 8/0
Turkey Vulture 0/1
Bald Eagle 1/0
Killdeer 8/1
Greater Yellowlegs 2/0
Lesser Yellowlegs 2/0
Solitary Sandpiper 3/0
Spotted Sandpiper 1/0
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5/0
Least Sandpiper 4/0
Pectoral Sandpiper 3/0
Rock Pigeon 6/1
Mourning Dove 2/6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1/5
Chimney Swift 0/3
Ruby-throated Hummer 0/2
Belted Kingfisher 4/0
Red-bellied WP 1/3
Downy WP 0/1
No. Flicker 0/1
Pileated WP 2/1
E. Wood Pewee 1/6
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0/1 ? Brilliant adult, bright yellow belly, breast
and throat, orange lower mandible, huge yellowish eye-ring, and green back seen
about 25 feet by a few on the recently opened bottomland trail. A fine
surprise! Great sighting Nancy!
Willow Flycatcher 1/0 ? HY bird feeding low in grassy/weedy area. Nearly
constant stream of ?whit? brought our attention to it.
E. Phoebe 0/1
Great Crested Flycatcher 0/1, HY
E. Kingbird 1/4
White-eyed V 2/0
Yellow-throated V 0/1
Red-eyed V 1/2, some still singing
Blue Jay 1/5
Am. Crow 4/2
Fish Crow 3/0
Barn Swallow 3/6
C. Chickadee 0/1
T. Titmouse 0/1
White-breasted Nuthatch 0/4
C. Wren 2/3
H. Wren 1/0
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0/5
E. Bluebird 0/6, incl recently fledged
Wood Thrush 0/1, still singing
Am. Robin 0/10
Gray Catbird 2/8
No. Mockingbird 0/3
E. Starling 0/3
Yellow Warbler 0/1, another great sighting!
Blackburnian Warbler 0/1, HY female deliberately foraging in trees between
fields
Prairie Warbler 0/1
Common Yellowthroat 4/0
E. Towhee 1/1
Field Sp 3/8
Song Sp 1/3
No. Cardinal 3/2
Blue Grosbeak 1/0
Indigo Bunting 1/4
Red-winged BB 6/0
Orchard O 1/1, going, going?
House Finch 0/1
Am. Goldfinch 3/9
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