I birded Leesylvania State Park (near Metz) this morning from 8:30 to
10, and I had the exact same experience. I estimated at least 40
Yellow-Rumped Warblers in the trees beside the water across Neabsco Road
from the main entrance to the park, and at least 40 more in the trees
around the parking lot at the far end of the road inside the park.
(Maybe that first area is part of the Metz wetlands). I was also struck
by the amount of Y-R Warbler activity at all levels including foraging
on the ground around the trees.
I spent a fair amount of time looking through the Yellow-Rumps in both
places, and saw a Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Trail's Flycatcher, and several
other common birds for that habitat (mixed deciduous at the edge of
woods), but no other warblers. In the water across Neabsco Road from
the entrance were hundreds of Laughing, a few Ring-Billed, and one
Herring Gull.
- Steve Johnson
stevejohnson2 (at) verizon.net
Fairfax, VA
Here are my lists for the 2 locations.
MARC RIBAUDO wrote:
Metz Wetlands this morning can be summed up easily: yellow-rumps. There must have been over 100 throughout the wetlands, from ground level to the tops of the trees. Other good birds were a flyover American pipit, 2 blue-headed vireos, 1 winter wren, 2 Lincoln's sparrows, and many ruby-crowned kinglets and white-throated sparrows. Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
