Early this afternoon after the rain stopped I went to Metz Wetlands where I ran
into Kurt Gaskill. The place was hopping, and we tallied 79 species in about
2.5 hours. The highlight was a yellow-crowned night heron perched on a snag.
I have never seen one at Metz. Other goodies at Metz and around the nearby
WaWa were several singing northern waterthrush, warbling vireo, green heron,
redstart, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, blue-winged tead, both
orioles, lots of swamp sparrows, and the ubiquitous king rail.
Here is the list:
dc cormorant
great blue heron
great egret
green heron
yellow-vrowned night heron
canada goose
wood duck
mallard
blue-winged teal
turkey vulture
osprey
northern harrier
sharp-shinned hawk
Cooper's hawk
red-shouldered hawk
red-tailed hawk
king rail
common snipe
greater yellowlegs
lesser yellowlegs
solitary sandpiper
spotted sandpiper
ring-billed gull
Forster's tern
rock dove
mourning dove
chimney swift
rubty-throated hummingbird
red-bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker
northern flicker
peilated woodpecker
eastern phoebe
great crested flycatcher
eastern kingbird
purple martin
tree swallow
n. rough-winged swallow
barn swallow
carolina wren
house wren
gray catbird
northern mockingbird
brown thrasher
eastern bluebird
american robin
blue-gray gnatcatcher
carolina chickadee
tufted titmouse
white-breasted nuthatch
blue jay
am. crow
fish crow
starling
white-eyed vireo
red-eyed vireo
warbling vireo
yellow warbler
yellow-rumped warbler
american redstart
prothonotary warbler
northern waterthrush
common yellowthroat
eastern towhee
field sparrow
savannah sparrow
song sparrow
swamp sparrow
whtie-throated sparrow
northern cardinal
rose-breated grosbeak
indigo bunting
red-winged blackbird
common grackle
brown-headed cowbird
baltimore oriole
orchard oriole
house finch
american goldfinch
house sparrow
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
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