Eighteen birders joined the walk this morning at Dyke Marsh, Fairfax County.
Highlights were 5 Red-Breasted Mergansers (1 drake, 4 hens) as well as
numbers of Common and Hooded Mergansers. Some breeding display behavior was
seen among the Common Mergansers.
With ice mostly gone from the Potomac, the number and variety of waterfowl
was up from past weeks. We found 14 duck species, including a couple of hard
to re-find Common Goldeneyes, Canvasbacks, and American Wigeon. Four Bald
Eagles were seen, with a couple of them refurbishing a nest. Passerines were
somewhat sparse, but we were delighted to see a Fox Sparrow perched high in
a tulip tree along the Haul Road.
Total species count was 49, a nice number for what turned into a lovely
morning.
Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Fairfax, Virginia, US Jan 21, 2018 7:51 AM -
10:51 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.68 mile(s)
49 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 400
Northern Shoveler 25
Gadwall 3
American Wigeon 4
Mallard 100
American Black Duck 8
Canvasback 20
Ring-necked Duck 27
Lesser Scaup 65
Bufflehead 28
Common Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 24
Common Merganser 45
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Ruddy Duck 9
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Great Blue Heron 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
American Coot 40
Ring-billed Gull 500
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 4
crow sp. 7
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Fox Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 8
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