By Linda Millington
Christine Perdue and I led a Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy-sponsored walk at a private farm in Upperville, Virginia. The property owner mows late in the season so the fields are perfect nesting habitat for the threatened grassland species Bobolinks, which have been breeding there in large numbers for years. Bobolinks were plentiful chasing each other over the fields and perching on tussocks of grass and wood fence posts. We also enjoyed close-up singing Grasshopper Sparrows, Blue Grosbeaks in the tree tops, and a noisy family of Common Ravens with two recently fledged young. We found warblers including Bay Breasted, Black-throated Blue and Chestnut-sided by sight and sound in the woods.The list is below and is proof that proper stewardship of land with an eye on conservation really does work.
Bobolink
Photo by Diane Nastase
LWC sponsored walk at Deerfield Farm in Upperville, Virginia
65 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 9
Wood Duck 2
Northern Bobwhite 1
Mourning Dove 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Acadian Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 5
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
crow sp. 1
Common Raven 4 Gape indicated young birds. Landowner has seen them consistently.
Purple Martin 9
Tree Swallow 12
Barn Swallow 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
Grasshopper Sparrow Photo by Linda Millington
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Eastern Bluebird 6
Wood Thrush 4
Gray Catbird 6
Brown Thrasher 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 5
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 4
Grasshopper Sparrow 10
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 6
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Bobolink 40
Eastern Meadowlark 10
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 8
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
American Redstart 5
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 3
House Sparrow 4
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