Celebrate Birds: Algonkian Park

Join the Virginia Society of Ornithology and Loudoun Wildlife for a morning field trip at Algonkian Regional Park led by Patrick Lewis and Phil Kenny that will last for approximately four hours. Algonkian is Loudoun’s top birding hotspot and during peak migration can yield well over 60 species in a morning, including over a dozen warblers.

We will meet at the Volcano Island Waterpark parking lot inside the park. Please plan to arrive before the walk starts at 8:00 am. Trip leaders will be at the meeting location by 7:30 am. The trip will be entirely on foot.  Please wear walking shoes and be prepared to walk up to four miles. If it has rained in the few days prior to the walk, assume trails will be muddy.  We plan to cover the Waterpark Area and most (or all) of the Woodlands Trail.  Limit 35. Registration required through the Virginia Society of Ornithology.

Directions and Parking:
Regardless of which direction you are traveling from to Algonkian Park, you will need to take Algonkian Parkway (State Road 1582) northbound to Cascades Parkway. Take Cascades Parkway north, and you will enter Algonkian Park after 500 meters; Cascades Parkway becomes Fairway Drive. Continue driving until you come to the first road on the left.  Turn left, then make a right into the parking lot, where we will park and meet. (View location.)  There are no entrance fees or parking permits for Algonkian Park.

Questions: Contact Patrick Lewis at plewis@loudounwildlife.org.