[va-bird] Metz Wetlands

I visited Neabsco Creek and Metz Wetlands this morning.  It was low tide at 
Neabsco and there were thousands of gulls on the flats.  I picked out 3 lesser 
black-backed and 3 laughing gulls amongst the more common species.  Metz 
contained several large sparrow flocks, mostly white-throated, but also 
containing some song, field, swamp, and junco.  I heard or saw 4 or 5 hermit 
thrushes at the west end of the wetlands.  A Cooper's hawk flew into a pine 
tree, flushing out a sharp-shinned hawk.  Other species included yellow-bellied 
sapsucker (very noisy), hairy woodpecker, brown creeper, winter wren (3), and 
yellow-rumped warbler.

Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA

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