The weekly Friends of Dyke Marsh bird walk, attended by 6 birders, enjoyed
beatiful weather this morning and a nice mix of migrants. Waterfowl are
appearing, and we enjoyed a late spurt of warblers, with 7 species
encountered. Among these was a gorgeous adult male black-throated blue,
which treated us to close views. Another notable was a late ovenbird. We
also saw many yellowlegs at the mudflats near Hunting Towers and on the
extensive mats of vegetation in the river, and the first coots of the fall.
Here is the list:
Location: Dyke Marsh
Observation date: 10/4/09
Number of species: 55
Canada Goose 150
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 2
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 3
Northern Shoveler 2
Pied-billed Grebe 25
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 15
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 2
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
American Coot 40
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 20 (in addition, many yellowleg sp. off Hunting Towers)
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Laughing Gull 60
Ring-billed Gull 150
Herring Gull 2
Caspian Tern 8
Forster's Tern 75
Rock Pigeon 7
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 6
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 20
Fish Crow 20
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 6
Carolina Wren 10
House Wren 1
American Robin 40
Gray Catbird 6
European Starling 12
Northern Parula 5
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 5
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Cardinal 12
Red-winged Blackbird 60
Common Grackle 4
American Goldfinch 3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
