Commonwealth birders:
Approximately 14 birders, many of them neophytes, joined us this foggy
morning for the weekly survey of Dyke Marsh. This walk, sponsored by
Friends of Dyke Marsh, 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.
Other than Blackpoll Warblers, passage migrants were scare. The highlight
of the morning was the chance to observe three oriole nests in a single
tree along Haul Road, two in early construction, to the delight of Larry
Cartwright, tireless breeding bird surveyor of Dyke Marsh.
Canada Goose 6
Mallard 6
Blue-winged Teal 2
Ring-necked Duck 1
Lesser Scaup 1
Double-crested Cormorant 18
Great Blue Heron 2
Osprey 8
Bald Eagle 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 10
Ring-billed Gull 6
Mourning Dove 4
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 8
Warbling Vireo 8
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
Fish Crow 4
crow sp. 8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12
Tree Swallow 8
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 8
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 20
Cedar Waxwing 30
Common Yellowthroat 10
Northern Parula 6
Yellow Warbler 10
Blackpoll Warbler 8
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 10
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Common Grackle 60
Orchard Oriole 14
Baltimore Oriole 4
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 6
An early stroll up the bike path and a brief stop at the Stone Bridge (90
minutes before high tide) added 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 8 Caspian Terns,
4 Brown-headed Cowbirds, Red-tailed Hawk, and our resident Tundra Swan.
Peter and Molly Ross
Arlington
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