The weekly walk at Dyke Marsh in Alexandria, sponsored by the Friends of Dyke
Marsh, was attended by 7 folks who enjoyed a beautiful morning. The migrants
have passed and we were treated to local breeders, EXCEPT for a surprise
Mississippi kite. A sub-adult, I first saw it land in a tree in the picnic
area about 15 minutes before the walk started. It was gone by the time we
gathered, but about an hour later we saw a sub-adult kite (presumably the same
bird) circling low over the picnic area. No other surprises, but we got great
looks at Baltimore and orchard orioles, warbling vireo, yellow warbler, and
osprey chicks. An odd sight was a great blue heron swimming in the river like
a weird swan. The complete list is below.
Marc Ribaudo
220 Canada Goose
18 Mallard
8 Double-crested Cormorant
4 Great Blue Heron
1 Black Vulture
9 Osprey
1 Mississippi Kite Sub-adult perched in tree, and later seen soaring.
Light gray head and back. Pointed wings. Banded tail. Buoyant flight.
4 Bald Eagle
4 Mourning Dove
5 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
4 Eastern Kingbird
4 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Blue Jay
2 Fish Crow
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
4 Purple Martin
6 Tree Swallow
2 Barn Swallow
6 Carolina Chickadee
1 Tufted Titmouse
3 Marsh Wren
4 Carolina Wren
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3 American Robin
10 European Starling
4 Cedar Waxwing
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Northern Parula
3 Yellow Warbler
1 Song Sparrow
12 Northern Cardinal
1 Indigo Bunting
25 Red-winged Blackbird
18 Common Grackle
4 Orchard Oriole
1 Baltimore Oriole
1 House Finch
10 American Goldfinch
7 House Sparrow
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