I visited Metz Wetlands this morning (5/26)and found about 60 species
despite the extensive flooding. Some of the trails were under 6 inches
of water, and the boardwalk to the blind was submerged. Fortunately I
had high boots and I was able to wade around the park. The alder was in
the first cell to the right of the parking lot. I also had 4 vireos
(red-eyed, white-eyed, warbling, and yellow-throated), a rail (probably
virginia) in the eastern-most cell, northern waterthrush,
yellow-breasted chat, blackpoll warbler, and Forster's tern.
Here is the list:
double-crested cormorant
great-blue heron
canada goose
wood duck
mallard
turkey vulture
osprey
red-tailed hawk
rail sp.
Forster's tern
mourning dove
yellow-billed cuckoo
chimney swift
red-bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker
northern flicker
alder flycatcher
great-crested flycatcher
eastern kingbird
purple martin
tree swallow
northern rough-winged swallow
barn swallow
cedar waxwing
carolina wren
house wren
gray catbird
northern mockingbird
brown thrasher
wood thrush
robin
blue-gray gnatcatcher
carolina chickadee
tufted titmouse
white-breasted nuthatch
blue jay
american crow
fish crow
starling
white-eyed vireo
yellow-throated vireo
warbling vireo
red-eyed vireo
northern [arula
yellow warbler
blackpoll warbler
american redstart
northern waterthrush
common yellowthroat
scarlet tanager
estern towhee
song sparrow
northern cardinal
indigo bunting
red-winged blackbird
common grackle
orchard oriole
house finch
american goldfinch
house sparrow
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
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