Nine people came out for the weekly walk at Dyke Marsh sponsored by the Friends
of Dyke Marsh and free to all. The walks meets every Sunday at 8:00 AM. The
highlight of this trip had to be an Osprey eating a Snakehead Fish in the
marina. We first saw the Osprey laboriously flying around with a weird looking
fish in its talons. When it landed on a tree we got a better look and guessed
that the fish was a Snakehead. A bit of quick research on a smartphone
confirmed it. You can see some photos of the Osprey along with several of my
other recent bird photos from other locations here:
http://uberlarry.smugmug.com/Birds/Recent-Bird-Photos/1398269_z37gDP#!i=1924465388&k=JQ3R8XT
Other sights and sounds at Dyke Marsh this morning included both Oriole
species, an Ovenbird heard in the woods, a couple of Caspian Terns on a sandbar
in the river, a Spotted Sandpiper seen flying away near the platform at the end
of the boardwalk, Yellow Warblers, and several species of butterflies and
dragonflies. 49 bird species were tallied in all.
Larry Meade
Vienna, VA
Dyke Marsh, Fairfax, US-VA
Jun 24, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
49 species
Canada Goose 50
Mallard 35
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 18
Great Egret 12
Osprey 8
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 16
Herring Gull 10
Caspian Tern 2
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 10
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 5
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 20
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 12
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 12
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 9
House Sparrow 13
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/VA)
