The weekly walk at Dyke Marsh, sponsored by the Friends of Dyke Marsh and
open to all, was surprisingly good despite the frigid conditions. Best
bird was a Nashville warbler along the Haul Road about half way down. It
was with a small flock of yellow-rumps. Waterfowl were many and close to
the picnic area due to the extraordinarily low tide. Other notables were a
peregrine on the Wilson bridge, a Cooper's hawk, both kinglets ,
Bonaparte's and laughing gulls, and dunlin. We totalled 59 species. Here
is the list.
Canada goose
Gadwall
Black duck
Mallard
Northern shoveler
Northern pintail
Green-winged teal
Ring-necked duck
Lesser scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded merganser
Ruddy duck
Pied-billed grebe
Horned grebe
Double-crested cormorant
Great blue heron
Great egret
Bald eagle
Cooper's hawk
Peregrine falcon
American coot
Killdeer
Dunlin
Bonaparte' gull
Laughing gull
Ring-billed gull
Herring gull
Greater black-backed gull
Rock pigeon
Mourning dove
Belted kingfisher
Red-bellied woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Northern flicker
Blue jay
American crow
Fish crow
Carolina chickadee
Tufted titmouse
White-breasted nuthatch
Carolina wren
Winter wren
Golden-crowned kinglet
Ruby-crowned kinglet
American robin
Northern mockingbird
European starling
Cedar waxwing
Nashville warbler
Yellow-rumped warbler
Song sparrow
Swamp sparrow
White-throated sparrow
Northern cardinal
Red-winged blackbird
House finch
American goldfinch
House sparrow
Marc Ribaudo
