[va-bird] Dyke Marsh walk for 30 July

Five birders joined me for a very humid and sticky version of the Dyke Marsh 
walk this Sunday morning.  It was a rather slow day for small passerines, but 
we had some outstanding highlights. They were: a Marsh Wren singing beside a 
nest only 20 feet from the bridge along the Haul Road peninsula;19 Ospreys 
(including 5 nestlings/fledglings from 2 nests; 2 migrant Caspian Terns, and a 
Brown Thrasher along the Haul Road peninsula. 

The results of today's walk for our records:

Canada Goose       78
Mallard                 120
Great Blue Heron    22
Great Egret            18
Osprey                   21 (including 5 youngsters)

Spotted Sandpiper    1
Laughing Gull           3
Ring-billed Gull       450
Herring Gull             1
Great Black-backed Gull      2

Caspian Tern            2
Mourning Dove        10
Chimney Swift          2
Red-bellied Woodpecker   5
Downy Woodpecker      1

Northern Flicker             2
Eastern Phoebe             1
Great Crested Flycatcher   3
Eastern Kingbird           3
Blue Jay                      6

Fish Crow                   4
   crow sp                    1
Barn Swallow               17
Carolina Chickadee     7
Tufted Titmouse          4
White-breasted Nuthatch     2

Carolina Wren               7
Marsh Wren                 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   4
American Robin           22
Gray Catbird                3

Northern Mockingbird   3
Brown Thrasher            1
European Starling         40
Common Yellowthroat    3
Song Sparrow               2

Northern Cardinal       6
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle         2
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
House Finch               1

American Goldfinch   12
House Sparrow      25

Larry Cartwright
prowarbler@xxxxxxxxxxx

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