Fellow birders,
Eight persons, including for most of the time regular field trip leader
Ed Eder,
joined me for the regular Sunday morning walk at Dyke Marsh Nature
Preserve in
Alexandria, VA. During the walk we visited the Belle Haven picnic area and
the nearby marina
before walking to the end of Haul Road. Highlights on this very birdy
morning included five Horned Grebes in the
Potomac River, several Bonaparte¹s Gulls on the Hunting Creek mudflats,
Tree,
Barn and at least a couple of Northern Rough-winged Swallows, a Brown
Thrasher
in the area between the picnic area and the marina, three Tundra Swans in
flight above us, singing Yellow-rumped Warblers along Haul Road, four
Winter
Wrens along Haul Road, Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets along Haul
Road, five Eastern Phoebes in the picnic area and along Haul Road, a
Sharp-shinned
Hawk being harassed by a crow near the boardwalk at the end of Haul Road,
and
three Wilson¹s Snipe in flight shortly after we started walking back along
Haul
Road. The numerous nesting Osprey and Bald Eagles in this area were
prominent
during the walk.
For those interested, a list of the 57 species encountered during the walk
is set forth below.
Gerry Hawkins
Arlington, VA
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Subject: eBird Report - Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Alex., VA, Mar 31,
2013
Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Alex., VA, Fairfax, US-VA
Mar 31, 2013 7:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.2 mile(s)
Comments: This list records the birds encountered by me and eight
participants during the regular, Sunday morning walk at Dyke Marsh
Nature Preserve. <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.2
57 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 35
Tundra Swan 3
Mallard 12
Northern Shoveler 5
Green-winged Teal 8
Lesser Scaup 35
Bufflehead 6
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 5
Double-crested Cormorant 35
Great Blue Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 12
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 5 all adults
Killdeer 4
Wilson's Snipe 3
Bonaparte's Gull 8
Ring-billed Gull 125
Herring Gull (American) 15
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Caspian Tern 1 seen in flight over the Potomac River by Ed Eder
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 7
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Phoebe 5
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 3
crow sp. 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 75
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 14
Tufted Titmouse 4
Winter Wren 4
Carolina Wren 12
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 25
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Eastern Towhee 3
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 25
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 20
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 4
Northern Cardinal 16
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 5
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13581560
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
