Volume 22 Issue 3, Fall 2017 by Anne Ellis For a human, the cool, almost autumnal weather of Saturday, August 5, was greeted with delight. The fresh wind and pleasant temperatures were a welcome relief from the typical heat and humidity of our summers. However, this did not bode well for the 21st Annual Butterfly Count. These winged […]

Thank you for helping make the 2016 Central Loudoun Christmas Bird Count a great success! Without your help we wouldn’t have all this great data showing what is happening with birds in Loudoun in early winter. The following is a brief report on the overall count and what we found (if it doesn’t format correctly […]

Loudoun County Butterfly Count Data 1997 through 2016 Click on the spreadsheet image below to see the year by year data: Data gathered through our Annual Butterfly Count is reported to the North American Butterfly Association for use in regional and national butterfly population studies. Join us for next year’s count and be a part of […]

By Nicole Hamilton As we headed into the 20th year of our butterfly count on August 6th, many of us wondered what our tally would be.  Springtime had been out of whack again.  Rains that we should have had in March and April came in May. It was warm then cool; the plants seem to […]

A five-year statewide effort is under way to document the bird species that breed in Virginia. The project is the 2nd Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas (VBBA2), the first such  survey since the first VBBA was completed 25 years ago, and you can help. The data collected will help document species distribution. This is important so it is […]

Have you ever wondered which birds use Loudoun’s parks and preserves as migratory stop-overs, wintering sites, or places to breed? You can find out with the new species lists for 7 special birding areas in Loudoun: Algonkian Park, the Blue Ridge Center, Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, Bles Park, Claude Moore Park, Horsepen Preserve, and the Dulles Wetlands. These lists […]