We hit some of the high points today to find what's new in the area. Some
of the highlights were Northen Parula, Palm Warbler, Yellow-throated
Warblers and Purple Martins at Leesylvania, lots of Rusty Blackbirds, a
Pectoral Sandpiper and about 17 Wilson's Snipe, and 1 Great Egret and
Northern Rough-winged Swallows at Huntley Meadows, 3 Brown Thrashers at
Julie Metz. Many butterflies were seen too along with 4 species of turtles
at Huntley Meadows.
Following are the lists, numbers are given where we counted species:
Leesylvania
Double crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mallard
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Ring billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Purple Martin 3
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Northern Parula 2
Yellow-throated Warbler 6
Palm Warbler 1
White-throated Sparrow
Dark eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Comon Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
Julie Metz Wetlands
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Green-winged Teal
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Wilson's Snipe 3
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher 3
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
Huntley Meadows
Pied billed Grebe 2
Great Egret 1
Black Vulture
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Red-shouldered Hawk
Killdeer
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Wilson's Snipe 17
Eastern Phoebe
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
American Robin
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
American Goldfinch
Butterflies for the day:
Srping Azure
Clouded Sulphur
Variegated Fritillary
Zebra Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Mourning Cloak
Falcate Orangetip
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Orange Sulphur
Turtles at Huntley
Common Snapping Turtle
Pond Slider
Spotted Turtle
Painted Turtle
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
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