[va-bird] NVBC walk at Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co.

VA-Birders,

Bob Klarquist and I, plus four other members of the Northern Virginia Bird Club, found the birding a bit slow at Dyke Marsh this morning, probably owing to the overcast and windy conditions. CASPIAN TERNS swept by often giving us nice views and a FORSTER'S preened on a piling at the marina for a nice comparison. We watched an OSPREY eat a bright orange carp and found a couple of BALTIMORE ORIOLES, as well as a couple of BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, at the dogleg. Just one warbler, a male COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, was seen.

DC Cormorant  15
GB Heron  4
Great Egret  6
Green Heron  2
Canada Goose  40

Mallard  20
Osprey  10
Bald Eagle 2 (imm.)
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Laughing Gull  50+

RB Gull  100+
Herring Gull  1
GBB Gull  2
Caspian Tern  15
Forster's Tern  2

Rock Dove  3
Mourning Dove  15
Chimney Swift  3
Belted Kingfisher  2
RB Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  2
No. Flicker  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Bl Jay  6
American Crow  4

Fish Crow  heard only
No Rough-winged Swallow  5
C Chickadee  2
WB Nuthatch  2
C Wren  8

BG Gnatcatcher  2
American Robin 65
Gray Catbird  2
Euro Starling  40+
Co Yellowthroat  1

Song Sparrow  3
No Cardinal  20
RW Blackbird  40
Co Grackle  3
Baltimore Oriole  2

House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  16
House Sparrow  15

Paula Sullivan
Alexandria




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