June Bird Walk Report: Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project

Barred Owl, Louisiana Waterthrush, & juvenile Northern Rough-winged Swallows! WOW!

The highlights of this June bird walk, sponsored by Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and led by Mary Ann Good & Joe Coleman on the privately-owned Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project, included a Barred Owl who flew across the wetlands right in front of us about 9 am, a Louisiana Waterthrush perched on a limb within 20 feet of us, and a number of juvenile Rough-winged Swallows perched in a tree, one of which was begging food from an adult.

Mary Ann Good, who manages the Bluebird Trail at the wetlands (and is looking for additional volunteers to help there), scouted on Tuesday & also saw two very vocal and active Yellow-breasted Chats and heard a Warbling Vireo. We also heard Willow and Acadian Flycatchers.

Among the several butterflies we saw were two different Monarch butterflies.

See below for complete eBird list of the birds seen at the Wetlands on Wednesday.

Information on upcoming events, including more bird walks, can be found here online.

Report by Joe Coleman
Edited by Sarah Steadman _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project, Loudoun, US-VA
Jun 18, 2014 8:00-10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)

48 species

1. Wood Duck  2
2. Mallard  1
3. Great Blue Heron  2
4. Great Egret  4
5. Green Heron  6
6. Black Vulture  1
7. Turkey Vulture  5
8. Killdeer  1
9. Mourning Dove  2
10. Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2
11. Barred Owl  1
12. Belted Kingfisher  3
13. Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
14. Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
15. Acadian Flycatcher  2
16. Willow Flycatcher  3
17. Great Crested Flycatcher  2
18. Eastern Kingbird  4
19. White-eyed Vireo  1
20. Blue Jay  X
21. American Crow  X
22. Fish Crow  X
23. Northern Rough-winged Swallow  7
24. Tree Swallow  8
25. Barn Swallow  1
26. Carolina Chickadee  2
27. Tufted Titmouse  1
28. White-breasted Nuthatch  1
29. House Wren  2
30. Carolina Wren  4
31. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  10
32. Eastern Bluebird  4
33. Gray Catbird  5
34. Northern Mockingbird  2
35. European Starling  5
36. Louisiana Waterthrush  1
37. Common Yellowthroat  8
38. Northern Parula  1
39. Prairie Warbler  1
40. Eastern Towhee  3
41. Chipping Sparrow  1
42. Field Sparrow  6
43. Song Sparrow  2
44. Northern Cardinal  5
45. Indigo Bunting  2
46. Red-winged Blackbird  10
47. Common Grackle  8
48. Orchard Oriole  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18828855
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)++