The weekly bird walk at Dyke Marsh, sponsored by the Friends of Dyke Marsh
was attended by 15 people this morning. It was a nice morning with strong
signs of fall migration. Two shovelers and a lesser yellowleg were off the
picnic area. In the picnic area a sharp eyed participant found a male
rose-breasted grosbeak in a cherry tree. Nearby we found a young prairie
warbler, yellow warbler, and black-and white warbler. Along the trail we
found a redstart (actually a yellow-start). We broke the string of least
bittern sightings, but ended up with a decent list of 58 species. The
complete list is below.
Marc Ribaudo
Dyke Marsh - CMN02, Fairfax, Virginia, US
Aug 9, 2015 7:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6
58 species
Canada Goose 14
Mallard 45
Northern Shoveler 2 Looked like females. Light tan with large,
spatulate bill.
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 7
Great Egret 6
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 12
Bald Eagle 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 12
Ring-billed Gull 24
Caspian Tern 4
Forster's Tern 14
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 9
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Eastern Phoebe 2
Eastern Kingbird 6
Blue Jay 3
Fish Crow 4
Purple Martin 8
Barn Swallow 16
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 25
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 10
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 9
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Adult male. Unmistakable.
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 4
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24551651
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