Nine birders joined the monthly birding walk at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve
in Loudoun County on a heavily overcast morning on August 13. The second
Saturday of every month walk is sponsored by Friends of Banshee Reeks and
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. A total of 30 birds were reported as follows:
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood Pewee
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grossbeak
Indigo Bunting
American Goldfinch
Del Sargent
Purcellville
