VA BIRDers,
I started at the Dyke Marsh marina at 8 am, followed by the picnic area and
then the Stone Bridge. I returned later mid-afternoon after Larry
Cartwright called with the Red-necked Phalarope report. Some rare birds(*)
for Dyke but nothing really unusual, i.e., all have been recorded in late
Aug or early Sept. but never all at one time.
Kurt Gaskill
C. Goose 20+
Tundra Swan* 1, the saga continues
Wood Duck 5
Am. Black Duck 1
Mallard 30+
No. Shoveler 15
Blue-winged Teal 12-ish
DC Cormorant 15
Great Blue Heron 8
Great Egret 12
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon* 1
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Sanderling* 1 or 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 12
Least Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Long-billed Dowitcher 1, HY
Red-necked Phalarope* 1, kudos to Larry, Bob and Joan for finding it
L. Gull 50+
Ring-billed Gull 30
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 53, AM count
Royal Tern* 2
Common Tern* 3
Forster's Tern 79, AM count
Least Tern* 2
Black Tern 5
Purple Martin 1
Tree Sw 2
No. Rough-winged Sw 1
Bank Sw 1
Barn Sw 5
