FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Riverbend/Great Falls 9/3/06

[Dendroica@xxxxxxx]

I checked out the Potomac River at both Riverbend and Great Falls NP on  
Sunday morning for lingering storm refugees finding 3 BLACK  TERNS at 
Riverbend.  
Without any better luck, I continued my search  southward along the Potomac to 
Riverside Park near  Mt. Vernon spotting a few FORSTER'S and CASPIAN  TERNS 
and LAUGHING GULLS along the way.  BANK SWALLOWS and 2  LITTLE BLUE HERON were 
the best finds at Huntley Meadows.  I only saw  one shorebird there, a lone 
GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Lots of snakes, atop  grasses and plants, were easily 
observable all along the  boardwalk.
 
Back home, the sun came out mid afternoon and a mini wave of land migrants  
appeared at the leaf mister and bird pools.  Warblers includes 1  BLACKBURNIAN 
1 NASHVILLE,
1 PARULA, 2 MAGNOLIA, 2 BLACK AND WHITE, and  2 AMERICAN  REDSTARTS.  A VEERY 
and a BALTIMORE ORIOLE also made an  appearance.  
 
Ralph Wall
Great Falls, VA