On Sat., May 11 approx. 50 people visited 12 different locations in Loudoun
County for International Migratory Bird Day.
We saw 142 species (5,252 individuals) of which the highlights were Am Bittern,
Am Black Duck (at this time of yr. a possible nester), Dunlin, Black-billed
Cuckoo, Whip-poor-will (a surprisingly uncommon bird in Lo Co), Olive-sided
Flycatcher, 6 Willow Flycatchers, 2 Least Flycatchers, 1 Blue-headed Vireo,
Common Raven, Bank Swallow, Gray-cheeked Thrush, a total of 30 warbler species,
including 15 (yes, 15!, most well-seen at the Blue Ridge Center) Blue-winged
Warblers, TN Warbler, Nashville Warbler, 2 Cape May Warblers, 2 Blackburnian, 8
Cerulean (most at the Blue Ridge Center, a couple w/excellent views), 3
Worm-eating Warblers, 4 Kentucky Warblers, and 25 Yellow-breasted Chat
(numerous in several locations), Vesper Sparrow, 2 Lincoln's Sparrows, 3 Swamp
Sparrows, both White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows, and only 1 Blue
Grosbeak,
The most int'g misses were Barn Owl, esp. since several of us know of an active
nest & freq. see them, Loggerhead Shrikes, which seem very sparse this yr. and
Prothonotary Warblers (one was heard on a MD island that was not in Lo Co).
The list follows (includes misses we had hoped to find):
6
Double-crested Cormorant
1
American Bittern
Least Bittern
32
Great Blue Heron
1
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
5
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
39
Black Vulture
102
Turkey Vulture
114
Canada Goose
1
Mute Swan
18
Wood Duck
2
American Black Duck
13
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
1
Bald Eagle
2
Northern Harrier
3
Sharp-shinned Hawk
6
Cooper's Hawk
16
Red-shouldered Hawk
1
Broad-Winged Hawk
16
Red-tailed Hawk
4
American Kestrel
Merlin
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
4
Wild Turkey
5
Northern Bobwhite
10
Killdeer
1
Greater Yellowlegs
4
Lesser Yellowlegs
9
Solitary Sandpiper
27
Spotted Sandpiper
15
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
1
Dunlin
Common Snipe
American Woodcock
Ring-billed Gull
15
Rock Dove
79
Mourning Dove
1
Black-billed Cuckoo
33
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barn Owl
1
Eastern Screech-Owl
1
Great Horned Owl
3
Barred Owl
1
Whip-poor-will
41
Chimney Swift
8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3
Belted Kingfisher
6
Red-headed Woodpecker
62
Red-bellied Woodpecker
19
Downy Woodpecker
4
Hairy Woodpecker
29
Northern Flicker
20
Pileated Woodpecker
1
Olive-sided Flycatcher
54
Eastern Wood-Pewee
39
Acadian Flycatcher
5
Willow Flycatcher
2
Least Flycatcher
1
empidonax sp.
29
Eastern Phoebe
71
Great Crested Flycatcher
45
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
14
White-eyed Vireo
1
Blue-headed Vireo
2
Yellow-throated Vireo
5
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
130
Red-eyed Vireo
184
Blue Jay
164
American Crow
22
Fish Crow
crow sp.
1
Common Raven
Horned Lark
48
Purple Martin
134
Tree Swallow
23
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
6
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
123
Barn Swallow
89
Carolina Chickadee
79
Tufted Titmouse
18
White-breasted Nuthatch
66
Carolina Wren
24
House Wren
Marsh Wren
82
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
68
Eastern Bluebird
1
Veery
1
Gray-cheeked Thrush
3
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
93
Wood Thrush
142
American Robin
131
Gray Catbird
55
Northern Mockingbird
40
Brown Thrasher
235
European Starling
285
Cedar Waxwing
15
Blue-winged Warbler
1
Tennessee Warbler
1
Nashville Warbler
31
Northern Parula
38
Yellow Warbler
2
Chestnut-sided Warbler
8
Magnolia Warbler
2
Cape May Warbler
13
Black-throated Blue Warbler
136
Yellow-rumped Warbler
9
Black-throated Green Warbler
2
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
6
Pine Warbler
13
Prairie Warbler
1
Palm Warbler
4
Bay-breasted Warbler
35
Blackpoll Warbler
8
Cerulean Warbler
3
Black-and-white Warbler
20
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
3
Worm-eating Warbler
44
Ovenbird
2
Northern Waterthrush
7
Louisiana Waterthrush
4
Kentucky Warbler
99
Common Yellowthroat
1
Hooded Warbler
2
Wilson's Warbler
2
Canada Warbler
25
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
38
Scarlet Tanager
76
Eastern Towhee
40
Chipping Sparrow
82
Field Sparrow
1
Vesper Sparrow
1
Savannah Sparrow
30
Grasshopper Sparrow
61
Song Sparrow
2
Lincoln's Sparrow
3
Swamp Sparrow
5
White-throated Sparrow
4
White-crowned Sparrow
190
Northern Cardinal
6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1
Blue Grosbeak
135
Indigo Bunting
17
Bobolink
129
Red-winged Blackbird
87
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
140
Common Grackle
70
Brown-headed Cowbird
27
Orchard Oriole
29
Baltimore Oriole
40
House Finch
Pine Siskin
179
American Goldfinch
21
House Sparrow
Joe Coleman
Loudoun County, VA
540-554-2542 or jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx
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