VA: Fairfax Co: Dyke Marsh
31 December 2009: 1415 to 1700 EST
Haul Rd to N-tip platform; return; marina; scoping mouth ofHunting Creek from
shore of Belle Haven picnicgrounds;
2C; calm; overcast with periods of mist and short intervalsof light rain; low
tide c. 1340; Potomac Riverglassy flat; sunset 1657;
CanadaGoose 145
Gadwall 26
American Wigeon 22
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 110
Canvasback 27 [14 m; 13 f]
Redhead 4 [3 m; 1 f]
Ring-Necked Duck 154 [137 m; 17 f]
Lesser Scaup 31 [19 m; 12 f]
Bufflehead 12 [5 m; 7 f]
Hooded Merganser 2 [f]
Common Merganser 11 [7 m; 4 f]
Ruddy Duck 315
Pied-billed Grebe 9
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
American Coot 1
Ring-billed Gull 825
Herring Gull 135
Great Black-backed Gull 11
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 9
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 1
crow sp. 90 (inflocks crossing from MD to VA)
CarolinaChickadee 18
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
CarolinaWren 16
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 4
N. Mockingbird 1
Euro Starling 15
Myrtle Warbler 2
American TreeSparrow 1 [with flock of WTSp, 2/3 way down Haul Rd to bend]
Song Sparrow 39
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 80
N Cardinal 23
Red-winged Blackbird 2
American Goldfinch 4
ShermanSuter
Alexandria VA 22307 / Port Republic MD 20676
ssuter aaas org
