I’m posting this a bit late as I was out of town for this bird walk but still wanted to be sure to share the great sightings Joe had in spite of the rain! Here’s Joe’s write-up from March 13th: While it is the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s policy to hold its bird walks, rain or […]
Our January 9th, the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and Northern Virginia Birding Club teamed up to lead a walk at Banshee Reeks. While chilly, they did get in some good birding. Here’s the report from our leaders, Andy and Gerco: Surprisingly, it was nice weather until about 10am when the winds picked up. We found several locations where the […]
On October 10th, 23 people found 41 species of birds during the monthly bird walk at Banshee Reeks. The highlights of several different raptor species included a single Merlin. We were surprised by how few sparrows there were; we also didn’t find a single warbler in sprite of visiting several suitable locations for both. There were […]
This past Saturday, before the monthly Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy birdwalk at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, 3 folks spent an hour+ at the Dulles Wetlands and found that the 3 juvenile WHITE IBIS remain. They were feeding actively in near, open shallow water, easily observed, along with the same companions as on Monday. At Banshee Reeks, […]
Our two nature camp sessions have wrapped up for the season but a good time was had by all! Our summer intern, Eleni Katsos, helped with the camp and sent over a nice write-up from the two, week-long camps: The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s Natural History Day Camp of 2009 took place once again at Banshee Reeks […]
Saturday morning’s walk at Banshee Reeks was attended by 13 birders, led by Joe Coleman and Mary Ann Good. Before the walk, four of us also surveyed the nearby Dulles Wetlands for 2 hours. The increasing exposed mud at the wetlands has attracted numbers of Killdeer but no other shorebirds yet. Large numbers of young […]
Approx. 15 birders joined Laura Weidner and Mary Ann Good for the monthly (2nd Sat.) bird walk at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve sponsored by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. Prior to the 8:00 walk, Mary Ann and Gerry Hawkins spent 45 minutes surveying the nearby Dulles Wetlands for LWC’s Loudoun Co. Bird Atlas. We were pleased […]
Five people showed up for our Wednesday morning bird walks at the Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project (7 am) and the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve (9 am). There were several highlights among the 60+ species we observed. It was a real pleasure to hear Virginia Rails almost as soon, about 6:30 am, as we […]
Three intrepid birders went out on our Birding Banshee walk this past Saturday. Here’s the report from Joe Colemen: The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s policy is to hold its scheduled bird walks, rain or shine, unless it’s dangerous but we don’t expect a lot of people if the weather is lousy. This past Saturday morning three […]
On this past Saturday’s regular monthly Banshee Reeks walk, co-sponsored by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and the Friends of Banshee Reeks, and co-led by the Potomac Valley Audubon Society (PVAS), sixteen people found 45 species of birds. Notes: The highlight of the walk was finding a WOODCOCK in one of Banshee’s many hedgerows; someone heard scurrying […]