Six people participated in the weekly Dyke Marsh bird walk. Birding was a
little slow, but it was a beautiful morning and there were a few goodies. Just
before we started a green heron flew over. We found a very neat-plumaged
female/immature black-and-white warbler that could be an early migrant. Ditto
for a very elusive yellow warbler A marsh wren was singing next to an
easily-visible nest near the trail past the dogleg.
Here is what we saw:
double-crested cormorant - 6
great blue heron - 4
great egret - 3
green heron - 1
mallard - 20
osprey - 12
ring-billed gull - 5
rock dove - 2
mourning dove - 7
ruby-throated hummingbird - 3
red-bellied woodpecker - 2
downy woodpecker - 2
northern flicker - 1
eastern wood pewee - 1
eastern kingbird - 1
tree swallow - 2
barn swallow - 25
carolina wren - 8
house wren - 2
marsh wren - 2
gray catbird - 5
northern mockingbird - 3
american robin - 25
blue-gray gnatcatcher - 3
carolina chickadee - 3
tufted titmouse - 4
white-breasted nuthatch - 3
blue jay - 1
fish crow - 5
european starling - 15
white-eyed vireo - 1
warbling vireo - 1
red-eyed vireo - 1
yellow warbler - 1
black and white warbler - 1
common yellowthroat - 3
song sparrow - 2
northern cardinal - 9
red-winged blackbird - 2
common grackle - 2
baltimore oriole - 2
house finch - 1
american goldfinch - 8
house sparrow - 10
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
