Sixteen birders showed up for the monthly birdwalk at Banshee Reeks Nature
Preserve in Loudoun County, sponsored by The Friends of Banshee Reeks and
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. A total of 37 species of birds were seen, which
is about average for the August walk. Two Monarch butterflies were seen as
well as numerous varieties of Skippers. The bird list follows:
Canada Goose
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Del Sargent
Purcellville
