Eleven people participated in this morning's regular monthly bird walk
at the 900 acre Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship in
northwestern Loudoun County. It was misty with a temperature of about
50 degrees & even though we were walking at the foot of the Blue Ridge
we were rarely able to see them due to the fog. We first walked the
Sweet Run Loop at the end of Sawmill Road & then checked out the area
around the Visitor Center.
The highlights of the 46 species included beautiful views of a male
NORTHERN HARRIER (a Gray Ghost), a First of the Year (for most of us)
BROWN THRASHER, several singing EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, and about 30
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS and 20 NORTHERN FLICKERS mixed in with a flock of
robins, starlings, and a variety of other birds.
Information on the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship can
be found at http://www.blueridgecenter.org/directions.html.
Information on the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy can be found at
www.loudounwildlife.org.
We observed:
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 10
Turkey Vulture 3
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 6
Mallard 4
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 25+
Pileated WP 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 12
Fish Crow 3
Common Raven 1
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 20+
American Robin 100+
BROWN THRASHER 1
European Starling 50+
Eastern Towhee 3
Field Sparrow 25+ (many singing)
Fox Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 25+ (also many singing)
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 15
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 20
Northern Cardinal 12
Red-winged Blackbird 15
EASTERN MEADOWLARK 5 (most singing)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD 30
Common Grackle 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 20
Am Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 1
Joe Coleman
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