Barred Owl, Louisiana Waterthrush, & juvenile Northern Rough-winged Swallows! WOW! The highlights of this June bird walk, sponsored by Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and led by Mary Ann Good & Joe Coleman on the privately-owned Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project, included a Barred Owl who flew across the wetlands right in front of us about 9 am, a Louisiana […]

Vol. 19 Issue 1, Spring 2014 By Donna Quinn “A room of its own is biodiversity’s only requirement.” David M. Carroll, Following the Water The entrance to the Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project is deliberately unassuming; access is granted only by permission and otherwise prohibited. While limiting the number of visitors may seem a harsh […]

Led by Mary Ann Good and Joe Coleman, 8 people visited the privately owned Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project on a chilly, drizzly March 19, 2014 for a Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy bird walk. We found 32 species of birds and a multitude of animal tracks in the mud and lingering snow. We were thrilled to […]

On November 9th, eleven people enjoyed the regular 2nd Sat. of the month Banshee Reeks bird walk on a beautiful fall day that started off in mid-20’s but warmed up quickly & didn’t become windy until a little before 11 am. This walk is sponsored by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy & the Friends of Banshee […]

Eighteen people enjoyed the regular 2nd Sat. of the month bird walk sponsored by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy & the Friends of Banshee Reeks last Saturday. Prior to the Banshee walk four people spent an hour at the private Dulles Greenway Wetlands. Except for a couple of mixed flocks the activity at Banshee Reeks was quieter […]

The highlight of the regular monthly bird walk at Banshee Reeks was two flocks (one of 60 birds, the other 30) of Snow Geese flying north as they are uncommon in Northern Virginia’s Piedmont. They were clearly seen, the first flock through a scope, and the second flying directly overhead. Unfort. Del Sargent, who frequently […]

The twelve birders on last Saturday’s morning monthly bird walk at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, sponsored by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and the Friends of Banshee Reeks, found 38 species including ten Great Egrets swirling around in the sky in the vicinity of the nearby Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project (DGWMP), an adult female […]

Our walk at the Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation yesterday yielded some nice encounters.  Below is a listing of the different species and a few notes from the field.  Birds: Wood Duck, Mallard, Northern Shoveler – 5 juveniles or females – at the early end of the date range in the Gold Book, Great Blue Heron […]

There was a lot of breeding bird behavior and disbursement observed at this morning’s bird walk at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve and during an early morning visit to the privately owned Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project. The twelve people at Banshee Reeks found 54 species of which the highlights were 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoos, 3 […]