Whether you’re a beginning birder or an expert, you’ll be dazzled by the many bird species you’ll find at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve south of Leesburg. Join Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and the Friends of Banshee Reeks for the monthly bird walk at this birding hot spot. Bring binoculars if you have them. Questions: Contact […]

The Saturday regular monthly Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center  November 25 found several mixed flocks but not a whole lot of diversity. In one area our group of eight people found two Brown Creepers, one of which gave us great views, as well as both kinglet species. Another mixed flock […]

The Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship (BRCES) shows off its beauty at this time of year as leaves display their fall colors. Join us on a walk through this beautiful 900-acre preserve, which boasts a combination of meadows, streams and forested slopes that attract a great variety of birds, butterflies and insects. Meet at the Education Center; […]

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 […]

Join Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy as we look for the resident birds and migrants on the trails running through Loudoun Water’s attractive Aquiary in Ashburn.  Time permitting, we will also make a stop at the nearby Kincora wetlands.  This family-friendly walk is suitable for young birders, as well as more experienced folks interested in exploring a […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

While only four people showed up for the regular monthly bird walk at Banshee Reeks this cool, drizzly morning, we had a great time observing various breeding behavior and finding a couple groups of migrating warblers. While we identified 10 different warbler species, we were unable to ID all of them.  However, we did have great […]