On a warm & very humid morning 25 people found a total of 73 species on a joint
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy/Northern Virginia Bird Club walk at the Blue Ridge
Center for Environmental Stewardship. We split into two groups, one led by
Larry Meade, primarily birding the fields around the Education Annex, and the
other group, led by Gerco Hoogeweg & Joe Coleman, covering the powercut and the
dense forest on the southern part of the center at the end of Sawmill & Arnold
Rd. While both groups observed many of the same species splitting up proved
worthwhile.
The highlights of the two walks included 10 dif. warbler species including
Cerulean, Blue-winged, Worm-eating, 7 Louisiana, 5 Kentucky, Chats, and lots of
Ovenbirds. Other highlights included 7 Yellow-billed Cuckoos, a Broad-winged
Hawk, White-eyed & Yellow-throated Vireos, Grasshopper Sparrows, and both
oriole species.
See below for complete list of bird species seen at the Blue Ridge Center as
reported to eBird by Larry Meade.
We also found many butterflies in a variety of locations.
Information on the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship can be found
at http://www.blueridgecenter.org. Information on the Loudoun Wildlife ;
Conservancy and the Northern Virginia Bird Club and their many free activities
can be found at www.loudounwildlife.org & and www.nvabc.org/.
Joe Coleman, near Bluemont, Loudoun Co
Subject: eBird Report - Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship -
MFF01, May 26, 2012
Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship - MFF01, Loudoun, US-VA
May 26, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
Comments: Combined sightings of groups led be Gerco, Joe Coleman and Larry
Meade
73 species
Canada Goose 2
Wild Turkey 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 22
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Killdeer 1
Rock Pigeon 1Mourning Dove 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 7
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 13
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 8
Acadian Flycatcher 6
Eastern Phoebe 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 6
White-eyed Vireo 8
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 14
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 30
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 14
Barn Swallow 12
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11
Eastern Bluebird 20
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 35
Cedar Waxwing 15
Ovenbird 13
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Louisiana Waterthrush 7
Blue-winged Warbler 4
Kentucky Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 8
American Redstart 1
Cerulean Warbler 4
Northern Parula 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Eastern Towhee 8
Chipping Sparrow 10
Field Sparrow 25
Grasshopper Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 5
Northern Cardinal 20
Indigo Bunting 19
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Eastern Meadowlark 3
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 4
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 25
House Sparrow 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
