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Reports from the Field: Team Summaries
The 2025 Birdathon took place from April 19 to May 18, 2025. You can read about the teams’ adventures below.
Tanagers at Heart Find a Trifecta of Terns and a Pigeon
Leena McCluney, Pat Whittle, Maria Pla (Birdie) and Linda Nichols are the Tanagers at Heart team. Three of the Tanagers started the Birdathon bright and early on May 8 at Pat’s house. Read more…
The Flying Kites Squeeze in Time for Their Fourth Birdathon
This year marked the fourth Birdathon for the Flying Kites (Eric, Kiersten, Abigail, Rua, Sadie and Henry Anderson). It was a busy year for the team with many competing events. Read more…
Fully-palmated Birders Visit 11 Locations to Find 118 Species
The Fully-palmated Birders reconvened for the 2025 edition of the Birdathon on May 3 and 4 with last year’s team intact. Kevin Denice joined Michael Sciortino, John Denice, Mike Scott, and Mer Mietzelfeld to round out the team. Read more…
Kind of a Big Teal Toughs It Out in the Rain for 65 Species
Kind of a Big Teal, a brand new team made up of Aljoscha Nern, Arthur Tsang, Heather Dionne and Alys Jarvela, set out for our first Birdathon on the only possible day our schedules allowed: May 4. Read more…
All Gull Band Finds 14 Species of Warblers
At the crack of 7:30 am on May 10, the All Gull Band (Anne Ellis, Katy Offutt, Miriam Klein and Amy Ritter) grabbed travel mugs of coffee and set out to see a few birds. Read more…
Wonderland Woodpeckers Make Their Debut
The Wonderland Woodpeckers (Tom, Joanie, Evan and Dylan Kercheval) didn’t have vast (or even intermediate) birding knowledge. But one thing the Kercheval family did have on our very first Birdathon was a ton of fun. Read more…
Taking Terns Team Finds Trumpeter Swans
For the Taking Terns team (Justin and Gwendolyn Ellis-Joyce, Ryan Christensen, Carla Nicolini, Thomas Ravenscroft and Lauren Warning), the Birdathon was their first time of birding together. Read more…
New Locations and 91 Species for Snap! Grackle! Pop!
The Birdathon began for Snap! Grackle! Pop! (Karenna Awtry, Steve Chance and Linda Colucci) on April 29th with the team exploring familiar territory: Algonkian Park. Read more…
Blue Heron Cult Congregates for the Count
On May 17 Blue Heron Cult (Elizabeth and Greg Scheib, and Jess E. and Jess B. Unger) gathered in the drizzle at the Algonkian Park Boat Ramp to start counting the first of 61 species for the day. Read more…
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers Team Enjoys First Birdathon
May 9 was the start of the first Birdathon for the Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers team (Kristin and Jonathan Morales). Read more…
Gone Pishing Team’s Hits, Misses and the Unexpected
This year Gone Pishing (Allison Gallo, Bryan Henson and Jane Yocom) welcomed a fourth team member, Gerco Hoogeweg. Like most of our past Birdathons, this year offered up fun, camaraderie, and exhaustion. Read more…
Shrike Force Completes Its 20th Birdathon with 108 Species
Shrike Force (Joe Coleman, Mary Ann Good, and Laura and Liam McGranaghan) began its 20th Birdathon on May 1 and wrapped up 48 hours later. Read more…
The TowHEE-HEEs Team Introduces Two Newbies to Marathon Birding
This was the first Birdathon for the TowHEE-HEEs (Sean and Porter Blackford, Danielle Wilkinson and Rachel Cates) and the first time birding for Danielle and Rachel. Read more…
Whisky Drinking Warbler Watchers Almost Reach Their Goal
It was a beautiful Mother’s Day weekend for the Whisky Drinking Warbler Watchers (Robert Justin, Peter Lyttle, David Manning, Scott Harris and Linda Millington) to enjoy birding all around Loudoun County. Read more…
The Swifties Team Finds 54 Species for Their First Birdathon
The Swifties (Liz Witmer, Joshua, Sydney & Harper Dudman, Chada Davis, Nichole Thorton) team is composed of six birding newbies. They ventured forth on April 20 and 21 for their Birdathon. Read more…