Many thanks to Del Sargent for sending over the latest report from the field: Fourteen birders came to the monthly walk at Banshee Reeks sponsored by The Friends of Banshee Reeks and the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy this past weekend.  As is typical of the August walks, the birds were quiet.  The temperature was overcast and […]

I’m sure you’ve heard the term crowdsourcing – it’s where a company or organization gathers ideas or information by gaining contributions from a large group of people (especially from an online community) and sifts through that information for trends that bubble up. Well this practice isn’t just for businesses – it’s being well used in […]

In spite of the warm damp humidity and heavy cloud cover we had a wonderful walk at Banshee Reeks last Saturday morning, with 17 people coming out for the walk. There was a lot of bird activity and many families of birds with even more juvenile birds begging for food. It took us almost 30 […]

National Wildlife Federation recently produced this important report on how climate change is impacting our birds – yes even the birds in that tree right there! The report provides both the impacts and the actions we need to take: Here’s the executive summary: Our nation’s birds and other wildlife are currently dealing with a climate crisis […]

Two well-seen Blue-winged Warblers were the highlight for the twelve people who showed up for the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s regular, every 4th Sat,. monthly bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship on June 22nd. While not as birdy as last month, 55 species were found, first around the Visitor Center, then on […]

Ten birders showed up on June 8th at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve for the regular 2nd Sat. of the month bird walk sponsored by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy & the Friends of Banshee Reeks. The temperatures were pleasant for the entire walk and as we got closer to the Goose Creek and the sun came out […]

Nine people came out for a bird walk at Morven Park on May 6th. This, one of the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s International Migratory Bird Day walks last week, was led by Mary Ann Good and Joe Coleman with the assistance of Nicole Hamilton. A couple of us checked out a pond right outside Morven Park […]

In our latest update on the Ravens, you learned that there were 4 Raven babies growing up in the nest on the Purcellville water tower!  Having survived cold weather and workers on the tower, the first of the young decided yesterday to test its wings and made its first and unfortunately only flight. Sadly, a […]

Liam McGranaghan and his environmental science students at Loudoun Valley High School have been keeping special watch over the Ravens nesting on the water tower. He sent over this great update on Friday which I will share with you now but there was also a turn of events yesterday and I’ll share that in my next […]

Seventeen people enjoyed the regular 2nd Sat. of the month bird walk sponsored by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy & the Friends of Banshee Reeks this beautiful spring morning. While the temperature started at 42 degrees it quickly warmed up and lots of the birds were in song including many Eastern Towhees, Field Sparrows, and American […]