Ten participants enjoyed spectacular spring weather for the IMBD walk on Friday, May 11, at Camp Highroad in western Loudoun. Fifty species were identified.
Highlights included Cerulean and Black-throated Blue Warblers on a wooded slope above Goose Creek; a distraction display by an Ovenbird which gave everyone close-up views; an unexpected fly-over by an osprey; and Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers feeding their chicks on a pond-side nest.
The following species were found: Canada Geese, Green Heron, Black and Turkey Vultures, Osprey, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift, Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy and Pileated Woodpeckers, Northern Flicker, Eastern Wood Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, White-eyed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, Fish and American Crows, Barn Swallow, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Bluebird, Wood Thrush, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Northern Parula, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Scarlet Tanager, Chipping Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Indigo Bunting, Red-winged Blackbird, Baltimore Oriole and American Goldfinch.