Thirteen birders came out this morning for the weekly bird walk at Dyke Marsh.
The walk is sponsored by the friends of Dyke Marsh and is held every Sunday
morning at 8:00. It's free and open to all.
We started out by scanning the river for ducks and other birds and found a pair
of Gadwall, Northern Pintails and Ruddy Ducks. Before the walk, some
participants in our group found a Lesser Black-backed Gull and a Merlin at
Hunting Creek. We continued to the marina and found a nice collection of
Common Mergansers, Red-breasted mergansers and Pied-billed Grebes. There was
also a perched Red-shouldered Hawk. On Haul Road, we found a Hairy Woodpecker,
a calling Winter Wren, a Belted Kingfisher, a small group of Lesser Scaup, more
Ruddy Ducks, and some Bald Eagles.
Larry Meade
Vienna, VA
Dyke Marsh, Fairfax, US-VA
Mar 3, 2013 8:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
45 species
Canada Goose 450
Gadwall 2
Mallard 30
Northern Pintail 8
Lesser Scaup 10
Bufflehead 6
Common Merganser 14
Red-breasted Merganser 7
Ruddy Duck 17
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 2
Ring-billed Gull 300
Herring Gull 10
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Mourning Dove 6
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Merlin 1
Blue Jay 4
Fish Crow 12
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 8
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 25
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 15
Song Sparrow 14
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 20
Dark-eyed Junco 7
Northern Cardinal 16
Red-winged Blackbird 30
House Sparrow 6
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13253466
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/VA)
