VA BIRDers,
Ed Eder lead the regular Sunday Field Trip to Dyke Marsh and his summary of
the 58 species is below.
Kurt
-----Original Message-----
From: Edward Eder
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 11:25 AM
To: Kurt Gaskill
Subject: FODM BIRD WALK
Fourteen birders participated in the August 20 Friends of Dyke Marsh walk
and enjoyed the cooler {though cloudy} weather along the river. The
highlight was a flyover of an ibis {likely a Glossy} over the Haul Road. A
visit was made at 5PM to scour the mudflats.
Species identified include:
24 Double crested Cormorants
10 Great Blue Herons
12 Great Egrets
1 Ibis species [Probable Glossy Ibis] seen in flight
Canada Geese 20
American Black duck 2
Mallard 75
Woodduck 2 {seen by Hunting Creek}
Blue winged teal {seen by Hunting Creek}
7 Osprey
5 Bald Eagle
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Kildeer {Mudflats off Hunting Creek}
5 Greater Yellowlegs {Hunting Creek}
12 Lesser Yellowlegs *mudflats
3 Sanderling [Mudflats in afternoon off Stone bridge]
14 Least Sandpipers
2 Semipalmated Sandpipers
120 Laughing Gulls
180 Ring-billed Gulls
1 Herring Gull
24 Caspian Terns
30 Forster's Terns
25 Rock Doves
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 15
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 7
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 14
Purple Martin 12
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 20
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmice 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 10
American Robin 20
Gray Catbird 7
European Starling 60
Red-eyed vireo 1
Yellow throated Vireo 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 7
Indigo Bunting 1
Song Sp 1
Red-winged BB 120
Common Grackle 20
American Goldfinch 6
