On Sunday Nicole Hamilton, while monitoring the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy
Bluebird Trail at the privately owned Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation
Project, discovered and photographed a female HOODED MERGANSER with four
ducklings among lots of Wood Duck and Mallard ducklings as well as 11 GREAT
EGRETS and a number of other birds.
Yesterday morning, Wed. June 15, the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy sponsored a 7
am walk at the Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project and a 9 am walk at
the nearby Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve; both were led by Joe Coleman and Mary
Ann Good. The highlight at the of the two walks on Wednesday was definitely
the HOODED MERGANSER ducklings, a first for Loudoun County. When the Gold Book
was published there were only four records of nesting Hooded Mergansers in the
Piedmont so this is a really nice addition to the Loudoun Wildlife
Conservancy's five-year birding atlas.
The other highlights for the 11 participants at the Dulles Greenway Wetlands
were the nesting BALD EAGLES with at least one nestling visible, Great Egrets,
Green Herons, Yellow-Billed Cuckoo, Willow Flycatchers, a pair of Cedar
Waxwings, and both Yellow and Prairie Warbler.
The highlights for the 8 participants at Banshee Reeks walk were a flyover
Cooper's Hawk, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Willow Flycatcher, Northern Parula, both
Yellow & Pine Warbler, Ovenbird, Louisiana Waterthrush, and a couple of
Yellow-breasted Chats.
See below for the complete list of birds seen at both walks.
For information on the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy's many free programs and
field trips visit www.loudounwildlife.org.
Joe Coleman
Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project, Loudoun, US-VA
Jun 15, 2011 7:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
48 species
Canada Goose X
Wood Duck X
Mallard X
Hooded Merganser X mother with four ducklings
Great Blue Heron X
Great Egret X
Green Heron X
Black Vulture X
Turkey Vulture X
Bald Eagle 3 feeding at least one nestling
Cooper's Hawk 1
Killdeer X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift X
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker X
Willow Flycatcher X
Eastern Kingbird X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
Carolina Wren X
House Wren X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X
Eastern Bluebird X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Yellow Warbler X
Prairie Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat X
Field Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Indigo Bunting X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Orchard Oriole X
American Goldfinch X
Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve - MFF08, Loudoun, US-VA
Jun 15, 2011 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: This was a Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy walk that followed the
earlier DGWMP walk.
52 species
Black Vulture X
Turkey Vulture X
Red-shouldered Hawk X
Red-tailed Hawk X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X
Acadian Flycatcher X
Willow Flycatcher X
Eastern Phoebe X
Great Crested Flycatcher X
Eastern Kingbird X
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren X
House Wren X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X
Eastern Bluebird X
Wood Thrush X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
Brown Thrasher X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler X
Prairie Warbler X
Ovenbird X
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat X
Yellow-breasted Chat X
Eastern Towhee X
Field Sparrow X
Scarlet Tanager X
Northern Cardinal X
Indigo Bunting X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Orchard Oriole X
American Goldfinch X
These report were generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org/VA)
