Twelve birders came for the monthly (second Saturday of every month) birding
walk at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve in Loudoun County. The monthly walk is
sponsored by Loudoun Wildlife Conservance and The Friends of Banshee Reeks. A
total of 44 species were recorded. Most of the walk was along Arrowhead Trail
with great looks at YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, WHITE-EYED VIREO and also
GREAT-CREASTED FLYCATCHER. Fortyfour species is about average for the August
walks. The complete list follows:
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-pewee
Great-creasted Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo (these had been scarce at Banshee until this year)
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher (short tail, probably hatch year)
European Starling
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grossbeak
Indigo Bunting
Orchard Oriole
American Goldfinch
Del Sargent
Purcellville
