Our Bald Eagles at the Dulles Greenway Wetland Mitigation are tending the nest and sitting on eggs! We stopped by a few times over the past week and put a scope on the nest to see what was happening. Each time, one of the adults has been in the nest, not moving much. Today, the adult got […]

Yesterday, January 22, was our annual Birds of Prey field trip, and it did not disappoint! Laura McGranaghan wrote up a great account of our day to share with you here: What a great day to Search for Birds of Prey. Despite the 100% cloud cover, temps in the low 30’s, snow and drizzle, we […]

Casey and Candi Crichton were enjoying a stroll along the trails of Elizabeth Mills Riverfront Park a week or so ago and as they birded their way along they came across these beautiful Bald Eagles hunting and feeding along the Potomac. This was right near the Lansdowne golf course so when I asked about the […]

Joe just sent over the field trip report for last Sunday’s Birds of Prey trip – what a great adventure! Here’s his write-up: From 2 pm to a little past 6 pm 13 people searched for birds of prey on a Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy field trip in central Loudoun County this past Sunday.  Not including the many vultures, both Black […]

This came in through the VA-Bird list serve and is very applicable to Loudoun County — our county is in the area where they need to know about more nests – so far, just 3 have been reported – surely we have more!  If you know of a Bald Eagle nest – let us know […]

Vol. 14 Issue 4, Winter 2009 By Liam McGranaghan In recent years there has been a marked increase in the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) population in the Mid-Atlantic States, the direct result of banning the insecticide DDT.  As a result, sightings of both adult and juvenile Bald Eagles throughout Loudoun County have become much more […]