While the Loudoun Wildlife's month's regular bird walk at the Blue Ridge center
lasted from 8 am to approx. 10:30 am, there was a brief visit to the Sawmill Rd
area on the south side before the walk, and after the walk five of us spent an
hour along Arnold Rd checking out the fields and wetlands that border the road.
The 17 of us on the main walk, where most of the birds were observed, checked
out the fields near the Education Center and then took the Farmstead Loop into
the woods along the stream where we picked up the Piney Run Spur and followed
it back to the Farmstead Loop.
Our highlights included 2 Kestrels, a male & female, along Arnold Rd; 7
different warbler species, many only heard though we did have excellent looks
at the dif. Chats as well as a female and male Redstart; and a male Scarlet
Tanager that landed on the trail right in front of us. The information Liam &
Laura McGranaghan's shared about the dif. flora and fauna along the trails was
fascinating.
Information on the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship can be found
at http://www.blueridgecenter.org. Information on the Loudoun Wildlife ;
Conservancy and its many free activities can be found at
www.loudounwildlife.org.
Joe Coleman
The complete list follows:
Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship - MFF01, Loudoun, US-VA
Jun 28, 2014 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
64 species
Canada Goose 5
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 16
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 3
American Kestrel 2 Both the male & female landed on one of the power line
pylons off of Arnold Rd.
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Acadian Flycatcher 12
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 19
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 8
Barn Swallow 8
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Eastern Bluebird 8
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 2
Brown Thrasher 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 3
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 7
American Redstart 3
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 4
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 8
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 4
Northern Cardinal 8
Indigo Bunting 13
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 2
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18935166
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
