Five members of NVBC visited Leesylvania State Park this morning, and got in
an hour's birding (after an atrociously late start of 8.30!) before we were
all drowned in a downpour.
After a break for coffee and hot chocolate, the rain stopped and we returned
to the Julia Metz Wetlands for a further hour. Main species of interest were a
Red-headed Woodpecker, a Yellow-throated Vireo and 4-6 (early) Golden-crowned
Kinglets.
LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK
Double-crested Cormorant (300+)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Osprey (1)
Bald Eagle (1 adult)
Ring-billed Gull (lots)
Royal Tern (3)
Mourning Dove (lots)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1)
Chimney Swift (30+)
Red-headed Woodpecker (immature)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (2)
Downy Woodpecker (2)
Northern Flicker (6)
Eastern Phoebe (3)
Blue Jay (4)
Carolina Chickadee (lots)
Tufted Titmouse (lots)
White-breasted Nuthatch (3)
Carolina Wren (lots)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (4-6)
Eastern Bluebird (2)
American Robin (abundant)
Gray Catbird (a few)
Northern Mockingbird (4)
European Starling (lots)
Northern Parula (1)
Black-throated Green Warbler (female)
Common Yellowthroat (several)
Northern Cardinal (many)
Song Sparrow (1)
JULIA METZ WETLAND
Canada Goose (one mid-size flock)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (immature female)
Cooper's Hawk (adult male)
Red-shouldered Hawk (1)
Ring-billed Gull (lots)
Mourning Dove (several)
Chimney Swift (several)
Downy Woodpecker (1)
Northern Flicker (4)
Eastern Phoebe (2)
Blue Jay (a few)
American Crow (a few)
Fish Crow (1)
Carolina Chickadee (several)
Tufted Titmouse (a few)
Carolina Wren (lots)
American Robin (abundant)
Gray Catbird (lots)
Northern Mockingbird (2)
Yellow-throated Vireo (1)
Black-throated Green Warbler (immature)
Common Yellowthroat (several)
Northern Cardinal (abundant)
Song Sparrow (1)
Red-winged Blackbird (abundant)
Common Grackle (abundant)
House Finch (1)
Stephen Eccles
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