Highlights at Dyke Marsh and Hunting Creek this morning were two Common
Loons, one in good scoping distance of the boardwalk, high numbers of
DC Cormorants and Tree Swallows, terns, singing RC Kinglet, and BG
Gnatcatchers. Ducks are way down now, and I couldn't find a warbler to
save my life.
Common Loon 2 (alt. plumage, 1 flyover)
Pied-billed Grebe 2
DC Cormorant 182
Great Blue Heron 9
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Canada Goose 21
Mallard 25
Lesser Scaup 1
Ruddy Duck 3
Osprey 8 (4 nests)
Bald Eagle 1 adult (also, 1 MD bird on nest across river)
Am. Coot 41
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 250
Great Black-backed Gull 44
Caspian Tern 31
Forster's Tern 5
Rock Dove 10
Mourning Dove 8 (1 w/ nesting material)
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied WP 3
Downy WP 2
No. Flicker 5
Blue Jay 1
Am. Crow 1
Fish Crow 3
crow sp. 9
Tree Swallow 110 (all over the river)
Barn Swallow 5
C. Chickadee 10
T. Titmouse 2
C. Wren 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1(singing!)
BG Gnatcatcher - 7
Am. Robin 6
No. Mockingbird 1
E. Starling 37
Song Sp. 5
White-throated Sp. 7
No. Cardinal 16
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Com. Grackle 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Finch 6
Am. Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 6
Paula Sullivan
Alexandria
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