7 December 2007: 0735â 1025 EST VA: Fairfax Co: Dyke
Marsh
The ice pellets and rain were light enough that I didn't get wet or chilled
during a 3-hour visit. And the Pine Siskins were a pleasant surprise.
scoping river, Hunting Creek Cove, from Belle Haven picnic ground shore; S to
marina; down Haul Rd to boardwalk, to N platform (c. 1000); return;
-1C to 1C; complete overcast; ice pellets and light rain; SSW 10 to 15 km/hr; 2
to 4 cm snow from 5/6 Dec, getting patchy; gone from bike trail, roads, Haul
Rd, but still covering boardwalk; high tide 0630;
Canada Goose 550
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 65
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 24 (21 f, 3 m)
Hooded Merganser 10 (5 f, 5 m)
Red-breasted Merganser 8 (f)ill
Ruddy Duck 70
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 1 (3rd yr)
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 655
Killdeer 2
Ring-billed Gull 115
Herring Gull 30
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Mourning Dove 17
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 8
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Yellow-shafted Flicker 3
Blue Jay 19
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 24
Tufted Titmouse 9
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 15
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
N Mockingbird 3
Euro Starling 30
Cedar Waxwing 14
Myrtle Warbler 1
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 26
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-Throated Sparrow 65
N Cardinal 56
Red-winged Blackbird 2 (yes, fewer RWBB than Rusties)
Rusty Blackbird 4 (along the Haul Rd where it first enters the marsh)
Common Grackle 6
House Finch 16
Pine Siskin 4 (near boat ramp; departed to W and not seen again);
American Goldfinch 95 (probably low)
House Sparrow 10
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Alexandria VA 22307
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