Sixteen birders came out for the weekly Friends of Dyke Marsh walk held every
Sunday at 8 AM. I was joined by Ed Eder and Larry Cartwright who helped us to
find 61 species including some seen over near the Hunting Creek bridge. We
found the Black Terns that have been there for the past few days. A couple of
them perched not too far from shore allowing us good scope looks. There were
not too many other migrants other than the shorebirds over near the bridge, but
we did find many of the resident birds available. One highlight was a Green
Heron perched at the top of a tall sailboat mast in the marina.
Larry Meade
Vienna, VA
Dyke Marsh, Fairfax, Virginia, US
Aug 23, 2015 8:00 AM - 11:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
61 species
Canada Goose 40
Mallard 60
Lesser Scaup 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Great Blue Heron 15
Great Egret 70
Green Heron 2
Black Vulture 1
Osprey 20
Bald Eagle 5
Semipalmated Plover 3
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Least Sandpiper 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper 20
Bonaparte's Gull 1 Seen by Larry Cartwright. Wings flashed when it flew.
Laughing Gull 200
Ring-billed Gull 300
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 15
Black Tern 8
Forster's Tern 25
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 9
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 8
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 16
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 50
Common Yellowthroat 2
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 10
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 18
House Sparrow 6
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24731435
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/VA)
