Five birders participated in the Northern Virginia Bird Club sponsored walk
at Dyke Marsh today. There was a nice assortment of waterfowl with close
views of Canvasbacks, Ring-necked Ducks, and Common Mergansers off the
picnic area. Hooded Mergansers were concentrated in the Little Gut on the
south side of the Haul Road peninsula. A Greater Scaup provided close study
in the channel on the north viewing area of the boardwalk. Bald Eagles put
on a nice aerial display. Passerine numbers were down today, but a
foraging Ruby-crowned Kinglet with crown fully exposed provided prolonged
and pleasing looks. A special thanks to Tom Nardone for keeping the ebird
list today as the battery in my cell phone is giving me issues.
Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Fairfax, Virginia, US Jan 24, 2018 8:22 AM -
11:48 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.298 mile(s)
44 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 950
Mallard 125
American Black Duck 4
Canvasback 32
Ring-necked Duck 25
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 70
Bufflehead 9
Hooded Merganser 31
Common Merganser 58
Ruddy Duck 3
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 8
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 4
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 5
American Coot 20
Ring-billed Gull 500
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 3
crow sp. 20
Carolina Chickadee 3
Winter Wren 2
Carolina Wren 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
American Robin 1
European Starling 18
White-throated Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Common Grackle 500
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 2
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S42209882
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Larry Cartwright
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