Eleven birders joined me on the weekly walk at Dyke Marsh, sponsored by the
Friends of Dyke Marsh. It was quite gray and chilly, but signs of spring
were still apparent with lots of song and the appearance of a few migrants.
We got off to a good start with a distant view of a peregrine on the Wilson
Bridge (thanks, Ray), 4 Bonaparte's gulls out in the channel, one sporting a
partial hood, and a large flock of tree swallows milling just over the
surface. The picnic area and bordering brushy area yielded singing phoebe
and fox sparrow, a yellow-rumped warbler, and flyover cedar waxwings. The
marina held a couple of pied-billed grebes, and we got great views of the
resident ospreys. The Dyke Marsh trails were pretty quiet, with groups of
song and white-throated sparrows providing most of the action. We did hear
2 winter wrens (one gave us a brief look) and a golden-crowned kinglet. At
the boardwalk we got great looks at a pair of greater scaup associating with
several lesser scaup. We could easily compare the relevant field marks. In
the vicinity were a pair of female red-breasted mergansers. One horned
grebe was spotted flying up the river. Despite the chill wind the sky
seemed full of ospreys, with several males flying high overhead giving their
high-pitched courting cries.
Marc Ribaudo
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Subject: eBird Report - Dyke Marsh, Mar 24, 2013
Dyke Marsh, Fairfax, US-VA
Mar 24, 2013 8:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
50 species
Canada Goose 8
Mallard 12
Greater Scaup 2
Lesser Scaup 22
Bufflehead 12
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Ruddy Duck 3
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 14
Great Blue Heron 3
Osprey 18
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 3
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 100
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Mourning Dove 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 8
Northern Flicker 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 10
Tree Swallow 60
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Winter Wren 2
Carolina Wren 18
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 35
European Starling 15
Cedar Waxwing 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 20
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 18
Dark-eyed Junco 14
Northern Cardinal 12
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 2
House Finch 1
House Sparrow 8
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