Fourteen hardy birders joined us today in the windy and cold conditions for
the monthly Saturday morning birdwalk at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve in
Loudoun County. Highlight of the trip was the female COMMON GOLDENEYE that
flew in and landed on the Springhouse Pond affording all an excellent look.
We had one immature Red headed Woodpecker at the Beaver pond, 4 Wild Turkeys
along the Goose Creek and 1 Purple Finch also.
Following is the list:
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 8
Canada Goose 6
Mallard 6
Common Goldeneye 1
Common Merganser 12
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
American Kestrel 1
Wild Turkey 4
Ring-billed Gull 38
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 1
Barn Owl 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
American Robin 25
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 4
Eastern Towhee 2
Field Sparrow 26
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 12
Northern Cardinal 4
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 36
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
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