Cedar Waxwing
Photo by Lisa McKew
The Saturday regular monthly Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center November 25 found several mixed flocks but not a whole lot of diversity. In one area our group of eight people found two Brown Creepers, one of which gave us great views, as well as both kinglet species. Another mixed flock included Hermit Thrushes. Woodpeckers seemed to be everywhere and while we saw only five woodpecker species there were good numbers of each and including a couple of hatch-year Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. The walk concluded with beautiful views of a Brown Thrasher glowing in the late fall sun. Cedar Waxwings seemed to be everywhere and were primarily eating fox grapes as were several of the other species.
The monthly bird walk takes place every fourth Saturday of the month except December.
For a complete list of the birds see the eBird list below.
Joe Coleman
Brown Thrasher
Photo by Diane Nastase
BRCES–Visitor Center, Loudoun, Virginia, US Nov 25, 2017 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.9 mile(s)
26 species
Black Vulture 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
American Crow
Photo by Lisa McKew
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 6
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 8
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 5
Eastern Bluebird
Photo by Lisa McKew
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Brown Creeper 4
Carolina Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 12
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 50
Field Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 2
White-throated Sparrow 15
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40734549
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org