Everyone is welcome at the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy's free monthly bird
walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship (BRCES), in the
northwestern corner of Loudoun County near Harpers Ferry, at 8 am on Sat., July
26. The walk will be led by Mary Ann Good & Joe Coleman. While we will
originally meet in the parking lot between the Education Center and the organic
farm we will drive over to Arnold Rd & begin the walk where the road crosses
over Piney Run. If anyone wants to go directly there we will meet you at the
old cabin at the stream. We will follow Arnold Rd to the Sweet Run Loop (taking
a couple of jogs down to Piney Run) and then follow Sweet Run to the power line
(Butterfly Alley), hopefully crossing the ford on Sweet Run & lopping back to
Arnold Road on the upland trail. We have our fingers crossed that we don't get
a lot of rain in the next 24 hours and are able to use the Sweet Run ford.
The main entrance to BRCES is on the west side of Harper's Ferry Rd, Rte 671,
about a 1/4 mile north of the Neersville Fire Station and about 5.5 miles north
of the intersection of Rte 9 & Rte 671 and about 2 miles south of the
intersection of Rte 340 & Rte 671.
We hold the walk regardless of the weather unless it is dangerous but don't
expect a lot of participants if the weather is lousy.
Information on the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship can be found
at www.blueridgecenter.org/. Information on the Loudoun Wildlife
Conservancy's many free programs and field trips can be found at
www.loudounwildlife.org.
Joe Coleman
540-454-3361 or joecoleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
