Eighteen birders joined me today for September's first Sunday morning Dyke
Marsh walk, sponsored by the Friends of Dyke Marsh and open to everyone.
The river was as active as the woodland was quiet. Forster's Terns were on
the move in good numbers and the group was treated to a size comparison of
Caspian and Forster's Terns as a representative of each species sat beside
each other on the SAV mats on the river. A male and female American Wigeon
spotted on the periphery of a group of Northern Shovelers was a nice find.
A Spotted Sandpiper posed for us on a rock beside the river for more than
five minutes while Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs foraged on the vegetation
mats. There were few passerine migrants, but House Wrens seemed to be
migrating through, with 3 reported.
Today's list
Canada Goose 130
Wood Duck 6
American Wigeon 2
Mallard 80
Northern Shoveler 15
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 5
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 3
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Laughing Gull 150
Ring-billed Gull 200
Herring Gull 4
Caspian Tern 2
Forster's tern 140
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 9
Fish Crow 3
Crow, sp. 1
Tree Swallow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 18
Carolina Chickadee 13
Tufted Titmouse 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 12
House Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 11
Northern Parula 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 4
American Goldfinch 24
House Sparrow 1
Larry Cartwright
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