Seventeen birders came for the March birdwalk at Banshee Reeks. The
temperature was around freezing with a breeze and very bright sun. The walk is
sponsored by Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and The Friends of Banshee Reeks and
is held on the second Saturday of every month at 8 am. The 44 species seen
compares favorably with the totals from the last six years with a flyover of
NORTHERN PINTAILS being the only new bird seen. We had a nice vanguard of TREE
SWALLOWS. The complete list follows:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Northern Pintail
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestral
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downey Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-brested Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
Del Sargent
Purcellville
