Join Larry Meade and Elliot Bernard for a visit to the varied habitats in this regional park, which borders the Potomac River in eastern Loudoun County and includes extensive bottomland forest and numerous wetlands. Limit: 18. Registration required. Questions: Contact jcoleman@loudounwildlife.org.

CANCELLED Because of weather Join local birders Bill & Della Brown for this special International Migratory Bird Day event just for kids and their parents. We’ll make it easy for you! We’ll point out the birds as you enjoy a morning stroll along the beautiful trails at Claude Moore Park. See and hear the birds […]

Join Del Sargent and Dori Rhodes at Banshee Reeks, which was established as a nature preserve in 1999. In addition to a mile of Goose Creek frontage, Banshee has a great diversity of habitats on its 725 acres ranging from wetlands and ponds to mixed hardwood forests of oak and hickory to wonderful meadows laden […]

Join Christine Perdue and Linda Millington at Camp Highroad in southwestern Loudoun. The camp has extensive fields, rich woodlands, and deep ravines through which the North Fork Goose Creek and its many tributaries flow. In the spring it is home to a number of nesting birds as well as many migrants. Limit: 14. Registration required.  Questions: Contact jcoleman@loudounwildlife.org.

An even dozen of eager birders enjoyed a warm morning bird walk at Banshee Reeks, May 10th, 2014. The regular second-Saturday of the month bird walk is sponsored by Friends of Banshee Reeks and by Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy.  Additionally, this May walk also supported International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD). A NASHVILLE WARBLER was the highlight […]

On Saturday, April 12th,  Del Sargent & Joanne Bradbury led the regular monthly bird walk (sponsored every 2nd Saturday of the month) at Loudoun County’s Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve. One highlight of the walk was not a bird but a probable Mink (there was some debate over whether it was a possible River Otter). It was well […]

Sharon Kearns just sent over the field report from the IMBD walk at Morven Park – nice sightings! From Sharon: Friday May 11th was a beautiful albeit windy day for an IMBD walk in the area of Morven Park. Mary Ann Good, Sally Snidow, Sidney Lissner and Sharon Kearns enjoyed checking out the pond at the […]

Ten participants enjoyed spectacular spring weather for the IMBD walk on Friday, May 11, at Camp Highroad in western Loudoun.  Fifty species were identified. Highlights included Cerulean and Black-throated Blue Warblers on a wooded slope above Goose Creek; a distraction display by an Ovenbird which gave everyone close-up views; an unexpected fly-over by an osprey; […]

Whip-poor-wills, Owls, Warblers, and More! That was the siren that went out as the Birdathon team known as Shrike Force scoured Loudoun County in their search for as many species they could find last Saturday. Read about their adventure in their report below: Whip-poor-wills, Owls, Warblers, and More! by Shrike Force Shrike Force, comprised of […]