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20 May
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Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy Volunteers for 2024

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Volunteers
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is a volunteer-driven organization. In 2024, 625 volunteers contributed 15,417.26 hours to protect, preserve and restore wildlife
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Bird walk at Banshee Reeks
20 May
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Celebrate Birds, Go Birding 2026: Bird Walks and The Big Sit

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Community Science, Field Trips
To celebrate spring migration and World Migratory Bird Day, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy sponsors a series of walks in several of
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Young Eastern Phoebe on branch
19 May
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Bird Call Initially Stumps Birders at Izaak Walton League

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Field Trips, Wildlife News

Fifteen birders attended the Celebrate Birds walk at the Loudoun County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League on May 18. 

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Common Yellowthroat
19 May
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It Was a Good Morning for Spring Migrants at Institute Farm

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Field Trips, Wildlife News

During the May 14 Celebrate Birds walk at Institute Farm and Mt. Pleasant, birders found a total of 51 species. 

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Carolina Chickadee
16 May
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Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers Team Enjoys First Birdathon

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon

May 9 was the start of the first Birdathon for the Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers team (Kristin and Jonathan Morales). We walked

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Three Bobolinks
15 May
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Gone Pishing Team’s Hits, Misses and the Unexpected

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon

This year Gone Pishing (Allison Gallo, Bryan Henson and Jane Yocom) welcomed a fourth team member, Gerco Hoogeweg. Gerco, and

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Count circle for the Big Sit
14 May
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Over 200 People Visited the Big Sit on May 10

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Surveys and Counts

Every spring and fall for the last several years, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy has organized a Big Sit. The goal of

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Birdathon team Shrike Force
14 May
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Shrike Force Completes Its 20th Birdathon with 108 Species

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon
Shrike Force (Joe Coleman, Mary Ann Good, and Laura and Liam McGranaghan) began its 20th Birdathon on May 1. We
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Birdathon team at The Big Sit
14 May
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The TowHEE-HEEs Team Introduces Two Newbies to Marathon Birding

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon

This was the first Birdathon for the TowHEE-HEEs (Sean and Porter Blackford, Danielle Wilkinson and Rachel Cates) and the first

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Birdathon team in action
13 May
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Whisky Drinking Warbler Watchers Almost Reach Their Goal

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon

It was a beautiful Mother’s Day weekend for the Whisky Drinking Warbler Watchers (Robert Justin, Peter Lyttle, David Manning, Scott

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