Four birders came out for a somewhat soggy walk at Dyke Marsh this morning.
These walks are held every Sunday starting at 8:00 AM except during Christmas
Bird Count season and are sponsored by the Friends of Dyke Marsh. The rain was
on and off, but it never got really heavy. We managed to tally 38 species with
highlights including a juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk, a Belted Kingfisher,
Gadwall, Bufflehead, and a Lesser Scaup. There were also a few mixed flocks of
birds along Haul Road which kept us entertained There were likely some birds
far out on the river that eluded us because of the rain and gloom, but we did
our best to ID what we could.
Larry Meade
Merrifield, VA
Dyke Marsh, Fairfax, Virginia, US
Nov 29, 2015 8:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
38 species
Canada Goose 200
Gadwall 36
Mallard 80
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 5
Bald Eagle 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Laughing Gull 30
Ring-billed Gull 80
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Mourning Dove 16
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 4
Blue Jay 8
Fish Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 10
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 17
White-throated Sparrow 25
Song Sparrow 12
Swamp Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 14
Red-winged Blackbird 50
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 10
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26041898
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/VA)
