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[KurtCapt87@xxxxxxx]

VA BIRDers,

Nearly 10 birders turned out for the regular Sunday morning Field Trip to Dyke 
Marsh on a day that threatened rain but did not make good on those threats 
until we finished!  Highlights of the day were a Least Bittern making its 
typical 5 second flight over the cattails!  Another was calling further up the 
dogleg.  

Also noted were 4 seasonally rare Lesser Scaup still hanging out in Hunting 
Creek Bay, the first Greater Yellowlegs of the year, a single Yellow-billed 
Cuckoo, and great looks at E. Wood Pewee, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern 
Kingbird and Warbling Vireo.  We heard a few Marsh Wren, noted a sculking Brown 
Thrasher carrying food, and witnessed the typically great oriole show in the 
picnic area and along the trail.

Kurt Gaskill
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