Five birders participated in the Northern Virginia Bird Club's walk at Dyke
Marsh this morning. We were a bit surprised to find 10 Great Egrets still
hanging around. They were among hundreds of birds on the mud flats north of
the picnic area, along with large numbers of Canada Geese, Mallards,
Ring-billed Gulls, and smaller numbers of other gulls, ducks, cormorants,
and 13 Great Blue Herons.
In the river off the end of the Haul Road, we saw two female Red-breasted
Mergansers, a lone female Lesser Scaup, several Bufflehead, and both Horned
and Pied-billed Grebes. For raptors, we encountered three Bald Eagles (one
immature), two Coopers Hawks, and one immature Red-shouldered Hawk.
Passerines were somewhat scarce, with White-throated the only sparrow
present in any numbers.
It was a lovely way to spend a sunny fall morning.
Dixie Sommers
Alexandria
Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Fairfax, Virginia, US Nov 29, 2017 8:30 AM -
11:33 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
44 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 525
Gadwall 12
Mallard 240
American Black Duck 10
Northern Pintail 1
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 5
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Horned Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 23
Great Blue Heron 13
Great Egret 10
Cooper's Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 1000 large numbers throughout mud flats and elsewhere
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 18
Fish Crow 10
crow sp. 2
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
White-throated Sparrow 19
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 1
American Goldfinch 5
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