Around 20 people showed for the weekly Dyke Marsh walk today, an event
hosted by the Friends of Dyke Marsh and conducted every Sunday except during
the Christmas Bird Count season, beginning at 8:00 AM, and free to everyone.
A Purple Finch (female/young male) was spotted in the southern picnic area
and a small flock of Yellow-rumped warblers accompanied by both species of
kinglets foraged on Haul Road south of the open area we call Dead Beaver
Beach. We spotted a juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on the peninsula just
short of the boardwalk. We saw a nice assortment of raptors, with one
Cooper's Hawk mixing it up with 2 American Crows over the larger island
across from the boardwalk. The only disappointment to this otherwise
delightful day was the low waterfowl count.
Today's list
Canada Goose 60
Mallard 16
Bufflehead 2
Hooded Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 3
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 2
Bald Eagle 4
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Laughing Gull 70
Ring-billed Gull 200
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 7
Mourning Dove 10
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 11
Crow,sp. 3
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 13
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 3
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 20
Cedar Waxwing 17
Yellow-rumped Warbler 22
Palm Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 13
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 30
Northern Cardinal 9
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 8
Purple Finch 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 16
Larry Cartwright
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