Twenty people joined me for the Dyke Marsh Sunday Bird walk today. The walk
starts at 8:00 AM every Sunday except during the Christmas Bird Count
season. Migrant songbirds were hard to come by today, but we had hundreds
of Laughing Gulls pushing through and a few migrant ducks mixed in with the
Mallards. A few Ospreys were still around and a Copper's hawk perched along
the marsh shoreline gave great. The extensive hydrilla mats provided areas
of foraging for several Pied-billed Grebes. A gorgeous day offset several
areas of avian inactivity.
Today's totals
Canada Goose 55
American Wigeon 5 (1 drake, 4 hens)
Mallard 90
Blue-winged Teal 2 (hens)
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Blue heron 10
Great Egret 6
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Laughing Gull 400
Ring-billed Gull 500
Herring Gull 30
Great Blacked-backed Gull 8
Caspian Tern 2
Forster's Tern 45
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Blue Jay 16
Fish Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 14
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 10
American Robin 13
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 25
Magnolia Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 13
Red-winged Blackbird 20
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 7
Larry Cartwright
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