VA BI|RDers,
On behalf of the Friends of Dyke Marsh, Thank you to Mark Moran and Rich
Rieger for leading today's field Trip, free to all. Today was a great trip!
Kurt
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Moran [mailto:moran4@xxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 1:15 PM
To: Kurt Gaskill
Subject: Dyke Marsh 3/25/07
Kurt,
Here are the results from this morning's Dyke Marsh walk. Fortunately, Rich
showed up, which made it a lot easier with a large group of 16 birders. I
arrived at 7:00 and birded the picnic area and most of the way up to the
stone bridge of Hunting Creek, before the walk. Most interesting bird was
probably a Caspian Tern along the picnic area before the walk. Funny thing
was, my internet was down last night, and I didn't see your Caspian Tern
sighting until this afternoon.
Paticipants: 16
Conditions: Sunny, breezy, 50s
Species: 45
Breeding info: 6 occupied Osprey nests observed between Wilson Bridge and
island south of viewing platform, Mourning Dove carrying nesting material on
Haul Rd, pair of Belted Kingfishers perched in front of holes in the bank at
marina, Wood Duck pair at tree hole in picnic area.
Canada Goose 40
Wood Duck 12
Mallard 32
Common Merganser 18 (one large group flying upriver before walk)
Red-breasted Merganser 14
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 31
Great Blue Heron 9
Osprey 12
Bald Eagle 6 (2 adult, 4 juv)
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 100+
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Caspian Tern 1
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 5
Eastern Phoebe 1
Tree Swallow 6
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 30
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 5
Carolina Wren 7
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
American Robin 42
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 50+
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 12
Song Sparrow 18
White-throated Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Red-winged Blackbird 60
Common Grackle 5
American Goldfinch 50+ (in just about every sycamore and sweetgum)
House Sparrow 6
Take care,
Mark
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