Dea VA Birders,
Russ Taylor and I did our first survey of the season for the Virginia Working
Landscapes project, sponsored by the Smithsonian, studying warm season vs. cool
season grasses, and the effect on bird, plant and insect diversity. Our first
stop was “the old horse pasture” at the MARE center in Fauquier County, just
south of Middleburg, VA. This field was chock-a-block with Grasshopper
Sparrows, Common Yellowthroat, Field Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlarks and Indigo
Buntings. We also saw Blue Grosbeaks, Eastern Bluebirds, Chipping Sparrows and
an Orchard Oriole.
We next surveyed a field at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, in Loudoun County,
and found Prairie Warblers, Yellow-breasted Chat, Field Sparrows, Indigo
Buntings, Blue Grosbeak, and in the woods nearby, Red-headed Woodpecker,
Eastern Wood Peewee, and Wood Thrush.
On the way home we made a pit stop at Beaverdam Creek Reservoir, and found a
Common Loon. It as flagged by eBird, as being late for the Piedmont, so I added
a photo to the eBird list, below.
Cheers,
Phil
Phillip Kenny
1731 Killarney Court
Vienna VA 22182-2133
703-255-5423
philkenny@xxxxxxxxxxx
Mare Center, Fauquier, US-VA
May 17, 2015 6:11 AM - 7:11 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.4 mile(s)
Comments: MARE Center VWL survey <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS,
version 1.8
31 species
Canada Goose 3
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 1
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Eastern Bluebird 2
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 6
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Eastern Meadowlark 5
Common Grackle 4
Orchard Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 5
Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, Loudoun, US-VA
May 17, 2015 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8
35 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 2
Mourning Dove 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Eastern Bluebird 2
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 15
Common Yellowthroat 12
Prairie Warbler 6
Yellow-breasted Chat 8
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 25
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
American Goldfinch 14
Begin forwarded message:
From: ebird-checklist@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: eBird Report - Beaverdam Creek Reservoir, May 17, 2015
Date: May 17, 2015 at 9:01:02 PM EDT
To: philkenny@xxxxxxxxxxx
Beaverdam Creek Reservoir, Loudoun, US-VA
May 17, 2015 10:10 AM - 10:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.4 mile(s)
Comments: <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8
18 species
Canada Goose 2
Common Loon 1 <a
href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/95123562@N07/17601799298" title="Common ;
Loon by Phillip Kenny, on Flickr"><img
src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8829/17601799298_867f0c0b8c_z.jpg" ;
alt="Common Loon" /></a>
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Red-eyed Vireo 3
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 3
Wood Thrush 3
Prairie Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5
American Goldfinch 2
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23490079
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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