[va-bird] Dyke Marsh, 10/29

Six people attended the Dyke Marsh walk this morning.  It was a beatiful day, 
and we tallied 51 species.  Highlights were a late green heron in the marina, 2 
Caspian terns, 6 pied-billed grebes, 4 phoebes, and 2 hermit thrushes.  We also 
saw one adult eagle swoop down and bowl over another adult as it was dining on 
a fish on a mudflat.  The diner managed to hang on to its meal.

Here is the list:
pied-billed grebe - 6
double-crested cormorant - 5
great blue heron - 5
great egret - 2
green heron - 1
canada goose - 60
mallard - 35
black duck - 2
ruddy duck - 8
turkey vulture - 1
bald eagle - 5
red-tailed hawk - 1
merlin - 1
american coot - 50
ring-billed gull - 60
great black-backed gull - 12
herring gull - 25
laughing gull - 50
Caspian tern - 2
Forster-s tern - 5
mourning dove - 10
belted kingisher - 2
red-bellied woodpecker - 4
downy woodpecker - 3
northern flicker - 3
eastern phoebe - 4
ruby-crowned kinglet - 10
cedar waxwing - 8
carolina wren - 8
winter wren - 1
northern mockingbird - 6
hermit thrush - 2
American robin - 50
carolina chickadee - 9
tufted titmouse - 4
white-breasted nuthatch - 1
blue jay - 8
American crow - 3
fish crow - 15
starling - 40
yellow-rumped warbler - 20
field sparrow - 1
song sparrow - 16
swamp sparrow - 4
white-throated sparrow - 45
dark-eyed junco - 2
northern cardinal - 10
red-winged blackbird - 25
common grackle - 12
house finch - 5
American goldfinch - 12

Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA

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