20 birders joined us for an and dry Sunday morning survey of Dyke
Marshthis morning. This survey, sponsored by Friends of
Dyke Marsh, meets every Sunday morning except during Christmas Bird counts
at 8:00 at the Belle Haven picnic area. All are welcome.
Highlights were Common Yellowthroat in the cattails at the end of Haul Road
seen and heard calling from the boardwalk by most of the group and an
unusually high count of very vocal Winter Wren. The Fox Sparrow was heard
only; many thanks to Ed Eder for identifying it and finding several other
species. The list follows:
Dyke Marsh - CMN02, Fairfax, US-VA
Nov 11, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
45 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 150
Mallard 10
Ruddy Duck 2
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 2
Laughing Gull 40
Ring-billed Gull 50
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Mourning Dove 12
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 4
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 12
crow sp. 10
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Winter Wren 6
Carolina Wren 10
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 20
Cedar Waxwing 6
Common Yellowthroat 1 (Female, calling and seen by most members of party
in cattails from boardwalk at end of Haul Rd.)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 8
White-throated Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 6
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 12
House Sparrow 6
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Peter and Molly Ross
Arlington