Despite high winds, 13 people joined me for today's Sunday morning addition of
the Dyke Marsh walk. An extremely high tide kept gull numbers low, but we were
fortunate enough to see a basic plumaged Bonaparte's Gull working its way
northbound. A pair of Wood Ducks added a splash of color to the Little Gut.
Song Sparrows seem to be in the swing of migration and Fred Bogar was able to
point out one American Tree Sparrow among them at the dogleg. A Brown Creeper
at the end of the Haul Road peninsula was also quite nice. At least one pair
of Ospreys was tending to its duties at a nest.
Today's list for the records:
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 6 (excluding the dead one hanging from a tree at the
marina)
Great Blue Heron 7
Turkey Vulture 2
Canada Goose 35
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 17
Blue-winged Teal 5
Lesser Scaup 12 (6 drakes and 6 hens)
Red-breasted Merganser 2 (drake and hen)
Osprey 8
Bald Eagle 1
American Coot 1
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 250
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 5
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 1 (amazing- only one!)
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 7 (6 at the marina, 1 over open water)
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 6
American Robin 55
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 85
American Tree Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 48
White-throated Sparrow 11
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 5
I also have a second-hand report of a Tundra Swan at Hunting Creek, but a
post-walk stop there enroute home yielded nothing. If anyone has details,
please let me or Kurt Gaskill, who keeps the Sunday morning data, know. Thanks!
Larry Cartwright
prowarbler@xxxxxxxxx
Kurt's e-mail; KurtCapt87@xxxxxxx
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