Nineteen people participated in Loudoun Wildlife’s regular monthly (every 2nd Saturday) walk at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve on Saturday, November 11. While the day started off cold and not many birds were active at first, as the morning progressed we saw lots of sparrows as well as birds of prey and vultures taking advantage […]

The highlights of the walk on Saturday, October 28, at the Blue Ridge Center were sparrows (8 species) and the beautiful early morning fall sun highlighting several raptors. The walk, on Butterfly Alley and the Sweet Run Loop, went through a lot of nice meadow habitat with lots of seeds. As a result there were […]

There was a nice turn out of 15 people on a cool Saturday morning at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve October 14 , It was great weather for bird watching. It was good to see a few warbler species still in the area. Lots of Phoebes were still here as well. Numerous Towhees were quite vocal and abundant as were […]

Ten people showed up on a beautiful and crisp (54 degrees when we started) fall morning for the regular (every 4th Saturday) bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship on September 23. While fog lay heavy in several places it cleared before long and we found a fair amount of migratory activity. As […]

Ten of us showed up on a beautiful morning for the regular (every 2nd Saturday) bird walk at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve on September 9. We enjoyed a couple of mixed flocks of migrants as well as great views of Yellow-billed Cuckoos (one of which perched and posed for numerous photos), a Green Heron […]

By Joe Coleman Twenty-five people gathered Sunday morning, September 3, for the “Birds, Butterflies and Wildflowers” walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship. While the sun didn’t come out until a little after 11 and fog covered the mountains until almost then, we enjoyed a wide variety of plants and animals and, signs […]

Nine people showed up on a beautiful late summer morning for the regular (every 4th Saturday) bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship. The beautiful sky and temperatures, which encouraged long sleeves and even a couple of jackets, had us hoping for some fall migrants and while we found a few, we […]

Despite the heavy early morning fog, two hearty souls joined us for our monthly bird walk at Banshee Reeks on Saturday, August 12. The birds seemed happy to see the end of the rain but many were difficult to ID at first due to the poor light and wet feathers! Even still, we were able […]

Ten people showed up on Saturday morning for the regular (every 4th Saturday) bird walk by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship. With summer well underway, the birds were much quieter and less obvious than they have been recently but the butterflies made up for that. We did get some […]

Ten of us had a nice bird walk at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve Saturday morning with several very active and vocal White-eyed Vireos and Yellow-breasted Chats as the highlights of the walk. We also had several Prairie Warblers and Field Sparrows singing in a variety of locations as well as alarm call, a rapid […]