[va-bird] Julie Metz Wetlands, Leesylvania SP, Neabsco Creek-Prince Wm. Co.

VA-Birders,

Sharon Lynn and I birded Julie Metz, Leesylvania SP, and Neabsco Creek 
this afternoon. The best bird of the day was a Common Golden-eye--make 
that 7 of them--seen from the Freestone Point fishing pier at 
Leesylvania.  Four of them, three drakes and a hen, were quite close to 
the pier giving us super looks. We also saw  many Common Mergs and a 
few Hoodies, Blacks, and Mallards, as well as a  few Lesser Scaup, but 
there was lots of ice and little open water.  We couldn't find as many 
Bald Eagles as Fred Atwood did yesterday and also missed his 
Red-breasted Mergansers. We saw only 3 Bald Eagles.

  At Neabsco Creek we managed to spot two Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
amongst the many hundreds of the Ringers, Herrings, and Greater 
Black-backs.

  Julie Metz was relatively quiet, where 2 or 3 Fox Sparrows and a 
Kestrel, were the highlights.

Paula Sullivan
Alexandria



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