Hi Everyone,
I decided to make a stop at Dyke Marsh this afternoon and was joined by Rich
Rieger shortly after my arrival. There were several decent birds observed at
the marsh, which include a WILD TURKEY along Haul Road, a GREEN HERON at the
marsh along Hunting Creek, a PIED-BILLED GREBE, two lingering LESSER SCAUP
(both females), SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, an EASTERN KINGBIRD, as well as an ORCHARD
ORIOLE and a vocal WOOD THRUSH toward the picnic area end. Warblers included
YELLOW, YELLOW-RUMPED and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT.
We observed the Kingbird sparring with a Fish Crow for several minutes in an
aerial performance I have never seen before. The crow outweighed and outsized
the Kingbird but the Kingbird held its own. I'm not sure who was attacking
whom! The species list follows:
Jay Keller
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 45
Great Blue Heron 5
Green Heron 1
Canada Goose 18
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 8
Lesser Scaup 2
Osprey 5
Bald Eagle 1
Wild Turkey 1
Killdeer 3
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Ring-billed Gull 145
Herring Gull 9
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Caspian Tern 115
Rock Dove 37
Mourning Dove 6
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 6
Tree Swallow 28
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 18
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 7
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 18
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Eastern Towhee 4
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 6
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 16
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 35
House Sparrow 8
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