Twelve birders came out for a chilly, but overall pleasant morning at Dyke
Marsh in Fairfax County. It was the weekly walk sponsored by the Friends of
Dyke Marsh and free and open to all. The tally for the morning was 44 bird
species. We had a pretty good waterfowl show with ten species of ducks
including all three mergansers, American Wigeon, Canvasbacks, and Lesser Scaup.
We saw at nine Bald Eagles (5 adults and 4 immature) and spotted a faraway
Peregrine Falcon perched on the Masonic Temple. We also enjoyed closeup views
of a Brown Creeper and Golden-crowned Kinglets. Male Red-winged Blackbirds were
starting to establish territories and a couple of Eastern Bluebirds were
flitting around in the woods. A Red Fox couple was padding around on the ice
and provided a non-avian highlight. One of the foxes fell though the thinning
ice a couple of times and had to swim out of the frigid water.
Larry MeadeMerrifield, VA
Dyke Marsh, Fairfax, Virginia, US
Feb 3, 2019 8:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
44 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 1100
American Wigeon 3
Mallard 105
American Black Duck 51
Canvasback 10
Ring-necked Duck 2
Lesser Scaup 3
Bufflehead 7
Hooded Merganser 18
Common Merganser 40
Red-breasted Merganser 2 flying by
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6
Mourning Dove 7
Ring-billed Gull 500
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 4
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 8
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Peregrine Falcon 1 Perched on Masonic Temple
Blue Jay 30
American Crow 8
Fish Crow 30
crow sp. 20
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 5
Carolina Wren 10
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 10
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 80
White-throated Sparrow 25
Song Sparrow 15
Swamp Sparrow 12
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 22
House Sparrow 2
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