Cedar Waxwing
Photo by Lisa McKew
On June 8, 18 birders, ranging in experience from world travelers to novices, came for Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s monthly walk at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve. It was a beautiful morning with temperatures in the high 60s. Before we left the parking lot, we were rewarded with views of a pair of Cedar Waxwings making multiple trips, carrying nesting materials from a tree over the visitor center to an area beyond the parking lot.
Although a number of species were only heard, we were treated to some nice looks at an Acadian Flycatcher, a pair of Common Yellowthroats, Orchard Orioles, and lots of Indigo Buntings. Highlights included a Blue Grosbeak and some very quick glimpses of a Northern Parula and a Red-headed Woodpecker. Also, a Northern Mockingbird was spotted on a nest in a tree adjacent to the parking lot as we were leaving. The walk was led by Dori Rhodes and Jane Yocom.
We were also treated to a number of butterflies including Zebra Swallowtail, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Fritillaries, Red Admiral, an Angle Wing, an Emperor, Little Wood Satyr, Silvery Checkerspot and a Cabbage Butterfly.
And for those on the walk who wanted to know what was in the Bluebird Box down near Goose Creek… a Bluebird nest on top of a House Wren nest with 4 tiny Bluebird nestlings 2-3 days old!
Jane Yocom
Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve
Jun 8, 2019
8:00 AM
Traveling
2.71 miles
185 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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Red-headed Woodpecker
1 duck sp.
1 Mourning Dove
2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1 Chimney Swift
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
7 Black Vulture
10 Turkey Vulture
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-headed Woodpecker
6 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
2 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Eastern Wood-Pewee
6 Acadian Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 White-eyed Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
1 Fish Crow
4 Tree Swallow
6 Carolina Chickadee
4 Tufted Titmouse
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
6 Carolina Wren
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
6 Eastern Bluebird
2 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
2 Northern Mockingbird
2 Cedar Waxwing
1 American Goldfinch
4 Chipping Sparrow
6 Field Sparrow
2 Eastern Towhee
3 Yellow-breasted Chat
2 Orchard Oriole
6 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Louisiana Waterthrush
3 Common Yellowthroat
1 Northern Parula
3 Prairie Warbler
2 Scarlet Tanager
8 Northern Cardinal
1 Blue Grosbeak
5 Indigo Bunting
Number of Taxa: 49