We led the Dyke Marsh field trip this morning. Five other birders joined us
for a good day out. Highlights were 1 Common Loon, 1 House Wren, 1 Gray
Catbird, 1 Rusty Blackbird and 1 immature White crowned Sparrow. We also
had 1 small Canada Goose that may have been a Cackling. The bird was about
1/3 smaller than the Canadas around it, Mary Alice was able to get a look at
the bill and thought it short and stubby. We are leaving it as
un-identified though as it could also be just a small Canada.
An oblinging Red shouldered Hawk and Bald Eagle posed well for the
photographers in the group.
The list follows, the first number is for the picnic area including Hunting
Creek and the second is for Dyke Marsh itself.
Common Loon 0,1
Great Blue Heron 6, 3
Canada Goose 487, 6
Mallard 0, 24
Bufflehead 0, 3
Bald Eagle 2A + 2I, 2A + 1I
Red shouldered Hawk 0, 2
Red tailed Hawk 1, 1
Killdeer 0, 1
Laughing Gull 24, 15
Ring billed Gull 1000, 50
Herring Gull 16, 1
Great black backed Gull 11, 1
Mourning Dove 0, 34
Red bellied Woodpecker 0, 5
Downy Woodpecker 1, 6
Northern Flicker 1, 4
Blue Jay 3, 8
American Crow 0, 2
Fish Crow 2, 22
Carolina Chickadee 2, 4
Tufted Titmouse 2, 3
Carolina Wren 2, 9
House Wren 0, 1
Golden crowned Kinglet 2, 6
American Robin 11, 45
Gray Catbird 0, 1
Northern Mockingbird 0, 1
European Starling 108, 145
Cedar Waxwing 0, 5
Yellow rumped Warbler 24, 11
Song Sparrow 3, 5
Swamp Sparrow 0, 6
White throated Sparrow 0, 28
White crowned Sparrow 0, 1
Dark eyed Junco 6, 0
Northern Cardinal 10, 17
Red winged Blackbird 0, 75
Rusty Blackbird 0, 1
House Finch 0, 22
American Goldfinch 10, 4
House Sparrow 0, 1
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
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