6 birders joined me this morning for the Dyke Marsh survey. This walk is
held every Sunday of the year, except during Christmas Bird Counts; it
meets at 8:00 at the Belle Haven picnic area, and all are welcome. Weather
was seasonal--overcast and cool. Highlights were two flocks of
Red-breasted Mergansers flying north low over the Potomac; a singing Winter
Wren in the picnic area; FOS (for most of us) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; and at
least one Horned Grebe well into breeding plumage. The list (the swan was
actually at the Stone Bridge, and 13 of the 14 Horned Grebe were observed
only by Kurt Gaskill).
Dyke Marsh - CMN02, Fairfax, US-VA
Mar 25, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: High tide
40 species
Canada Goose 15
Tundra Swan 1
Mallard 16
Red-breasted Merganser 60
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 14
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 1
American Coot 2
Ring-billed Gull 20
Herring Gull 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 0
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 2
Fish Crow 20
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 3
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 8
Winter Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 40
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 20
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
American Goldfinch 8
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Peter Ross
Arlington
