I was the only one who braved the "snow storm" today to come out for the
weekly Sunday morning 8:00 AM walk at Dyke Marsh. It's sponsored by the
Friends of Dyke Marsh and free for all. There was some snow falling when I
arrived, but eventually the sun came out and it turned into a fairly nice, but
still chilly day. I did not find a great many bird species, but it was
interesting to listen to the "soundscape" of the marsh with many Northern
Cardinals, American Robins, and Red-winged Blackbirds singing. Goldfinches and
Song Sparrows (which seemed to be everywhere) were also chiming in. Most of the
waterfowl seems to have left, but a few Buffleheads and Red-breasted Mergansers
were still around. I also saw a couple of Horned Grebes. a Field Sparrow and a
Brown Creeper. Ospreys were active and fishing in the river.
Larry Meade
Vienna, VA
Location: Dyke Marsh
Observation date: 3/27/11
Number of species: 35
Canada Goose 25
Mallard 12
Bufflehead 7
Red-breasted Merganser 8
Horned Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 18
Great Blue Heron 5
Osprey 8
Bald Eagle 2
American Coot 42
Ring-billed Gull 120
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Mourning Dove 6
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 2
Fish Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 4
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 9
American Robin 40
European Starling 16
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 44
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 6
Northern Cardinal 20
Red-winged Blackbird 24
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA)
