Here’s a great one ….. this is straight from the field from our bird walk at BRCES last Saturday.  Ray Smith sent this over and we’re interested in knowing what insect this is.  Many thanks to Marcia for standing still while Ray got the shot. If you can help id this insect, please do post […]

This past Saturday (Aug 23), we had our monthly bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center. Mary Ann Good provided a report of the sightings: Ten birders led by Laura Weidner and Mary Ann Good found 46 species Saturday morning at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship, highlighted by an early Broad-winged Hawk, 2 […]

Andy Rabin led our walk at Banshee on Saturday.  Here is his report from the field: The walk yesterday went very well. We had 9 people show up, including 2 families (3 kids). We managed to catch a few damselflies and a dragonfly and examine them closely, found a recently emerged Calico Pennant on some emergent […]

I was out working with Meg Findley, Otto Gutenson and David Ward filming a surprise for you all so I missed this walk but did receive a report from Joe Coleman (below). Definitely sounds like we’re starting our transition of the seasons: Except for one very surprising highlight, a flyover dark morph SNOW GOOSE, Saturday morning’s […]

Around 18 novice and experienced birders joined leaders Mary Ann Good and Laura Weidner for the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s monthly birdwalk at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve on Saturday morning (Aug 9).  Although the group saw 47 species, the lovely weather didn’t translate into increased bird activity.  It was a fairly quiet morning, with flycatchers providing most […]

Field trip report from Joe Coleman (and a photo of a Field Sparrow): Twenty-five people showed up for the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s regular monthly bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship in northwestern Loudoun County yesterday morning.  We walked the area at the end of Sawmill Road and did the loop into […]

We had a great walk led by Andy Rabin and Mona Miller. Eighteen people of all ages came out to spot and help identify these beautiful insects. In total, we saw 17 species of butterflies, 13 species of dragonflies and 1species of damselflies. The highlight of the butterflies was the large number of Juniper (aka […]

We had a wonderful walk at Banshee on Saturday. Fifteen people came out for the walk and we were delighted by the sights and sounds of 51 species in our couple of hours of walking along the trails. A Summer Tanager that sang and gave us great views was definitely a highlight. Our walk leader, […]

We had a great day of hunting dragons and damsels across the fine Loudoun countryside! Seven people joined us as Andy Rabin and Kevin Munroe, both real experts in dragonflies and damselflies, took us out into the field. We started the day at 10am at Bles Park then went to Claude Moore at noon and ended the […]

On June 21, Mona Miller (“The Butterfly Lady”) led our first butterfly walk of the season. Over 20 people, adults and kids, came out to Banshee Reeks to spot our flying friends and help with identification.  Here’s a quick report of the species seen: Great Spangled Fritillary (numerous) Eastern Tailed Blue Hickory Hairstreak (rare) Mourning […]