Well, the morning started off chilly for the Sunday walk at Dyke Marsh and
managed to stay that way as the cloud cover moved in and the breeze picked up.
Friends of Dyke Marsh (FODM.org) sponsors this walk every Sunday (even Easter),
(but not around Xmas) and I do think I might have to start lobbying for coffee
and donuts on these cooler mornings. Some sharp eyes spotted some good birds
this morning, even though the lack of sun and cooler temps kept activity a bit
muted... at the end of the walk we were at 48 species - Larry Meade and I stood
in the parking lot trying to get us to 50 but only managed to add RedTail Hawk
to finish at 49. Lack of duckie diversity, no GB Heron or Egrets, and some
other "misses" kept us from pushing 60 - but hilites follow -
Ray Smith spotted us a Hairy WP in the picnic area -
A RedNeck Grebe (complete w. Coors lite) was spotted out from the marina -
An Am Kestrel - an unusual visitor to the marsh - flew over the group
in the marina as well-
Keith Maley got the group on two BlueGray Gnatcatchers near Dead Beaver
Beach
Larry Meade picked up a Common Loon south of the first platform
and my FOS Caspian Tern passed going upriver as we were on the last
platform
Complete eBird list follows
Rich Rieger - Alexadndria
Begin forwarded message:
From: ebird-checklist@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: April 5, 2015 12:33:31 PM EDT
To: zelig88@xxxxxxx
Subject: eBird Report - Dyke Marsh - CMN02, Apr 5, 2015
Dyke Marsh - CMN02, Fairfax, US-VA
Apr 5, 2015 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Sunday Dyke Marsh walk
49 species
Canada Goose 10
Mallard 30
Bufflehead 4
Common Merganser 7
Red-breasted Merganser 10
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 13
Red-necked Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 10
Bald Eagle 5
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 100
Herring Gull 5
Caspian Tern 2
Mourning Dove 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 15
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Tree Swallow 24
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin 30
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 50
Eastern Towhee 5
Song Sparrow 7
White-throated Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 2
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22697350
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
