Only 2 birders joined me for today's Sunday morning walk at Dyke Marsh,
sponsored by the Friends of Dyke Marsh and open to everyone. There must have
been a big passerine push because of yesterday's weather, because songbirds,
especially Yellow-rumped Warblers and Song Sparrows, literally were
everywhere. Today's best bird was the Lincoln's Sparrow found south of Dead
Beaver Beach. The 2 Northern Parulas, the Eastern Phoebe, and the Gray
Catbird near the marina and the Blackpoll and Black-throated Blue Warblers
near Dead Beaver Beach were other birds worth noting. Waterfowl numbers
were fairly low, but Pied-billed Grebes and American Coots were decently
represented. We were treated to great views of soaring Red-shouldered and
Red-tailed Hawks and flyover Greater Yellowlegs. It may have stared out
chilly, but turned out to be a delightful and quite birdy day.
Our totals for our records and those interested:
Canada Goose 150
Tundra Swan 1 (the injured bird)
American Wigeon 2
Mallard 130
Northern Shoveler 30
Green-winged Teal 2
Ringed-necked Duck 3
Ruddy Duck 11
Bald Eagle 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Pied-billed Grebe 40
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Great Blue Heron 11
Great Egret 23
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
American Coot 300
Greater Yellowlegs (Flyover) 5
Laughing Gull 45
Ring-billed Gull 300
Herring Gull 17
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 7
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 18
Fish Crow 7
Crow, sp. 10
Carolina Chickadee 18
Tufted Titmouse 12
Carolina Wren 13
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 25
Cedar Waxwing 37
Northern Parula 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 120
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 100
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 7
White-throated Sparrow 80
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 24
Common Grackle 46
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 15
House Sparrow 8
Larry Cartwright
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