About the Marina Osprey at Dyke Marsh/Belle Haven. This photo shows the
male (Pops) mantling while a female moves sticks around.
Titled appropriately - He's Just Not That Into You
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On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Marc Ribaudo <moribaudo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Twelve people remembered to set their clocks ahead and attended the weekly
bird walk sponsored by the Friends of Dyke Marsh. We listed 52 species.
Waterfowl off the picnic area were scarce, but we did see a horned grebe,
the now-resident tundra swan, a greater scaup and a ruddy duck (common
merganser and lesser scaup seen afterwards). Three bald eagles were
sitting off Jones Point. A nice find in the picnic area was a brown
creeper that appeared on a tree very close to the group, affording great
views. In the marina we watched an osprey pair on the nesting platform,
with a third trying to break up the party. Two pied billed grebes were
tucked away along the shore and a coot was walking on the shore. A singing
winter wren greeted us at the start of the trail. The rest of the trail
was pretty quiet. We ran into several groups of song sparrows, a few
white-throats, and a single swamp sparrow. We heard rusty blackbirds in
the woods close to the parkway. There were 4 tree swallows over the marsh,
and 2 wood duck flushed out of the marsh. A single bluebird flew overhead.
After walking back to the parking several of the group were able to find 2
fox sparrows in the brushy area at the edge of the picnic area.
Here is the list:
Canada goose – 12
tundra swan – 1
wood duck – 2
mallard – 10
greater scaup – 1
lesser scaup – 1
common merganser – 2
ruddy duck – 1
pied-billed grebe – 3
horned grebe – 1
double-crested cormorant – 3
great blue heron – 3
black vulture – 1
turkey vulture – 3
osprey – 5
bald eagle – 5
red-tailed hawk – 1
American coot – 1
ring-billed gull – 50
herring gull – 2
great black-backed gull – 2
mourning dove – 1
belted kingfisher – 1
red-bellied woodpecker – 10
downy woodpecker – 10
northern flicker – 4
blue jay – 4
American crow – 2
fish crow – 10
tree swallow – 4
carolina chickadee – 14
tufted titmouse –8
white-breasted nuthatch – 3
brown creeper – 1
carolina wren – 12
winter wren – 2
eastern bluebird – 1
American robin – 8
European starling – 12
eastern towhee – 1
fox sparrow – 2
song sparrow – 22
swamp sparrow – 2
white-throated sparrow – 8
dark-eyed junco – 12
northern cardinal – 10
red-winged blackbird – 25
rusty blackbird – 2
common grackle – 3
house finch – 2
American goldfinch – 2
house sparrow – 4
Marc Ribaudo
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