At Dyke Marsh - Alexandria - Sunday morning...Good diversity, but not a great
number of birds today - except the Great Egret #'s (50) as the staging has
definitely begun. Due to high water, the Egrets were up on pilings or in
trees - I enjoy the still lifes when they're motionless in the water...
PB Grebe - 4
DC Corm - 75
GB Heron - 30
Great Egret - 50
C. Goose - 20
Mallard - 30
Ring-necked Duck - Firestone lives! almost 2 years now
Black Vulture - 1
Osprey - 6
Laughing Gull - yes
RB Gull - yes
GBB Gull - yes
Forster's Tern - 60
Rock Dove - 30
MoDo - 6
Chimney Swift - 8
RT Hummer - 1
B. Kingfisher - 1
RB Woodpecker - 2 ( 1 imm )
Downy WP - 1 (imm)
Hairy 1 (imm)
No. Flicker - 1
E. Wood Pewee - 4
E. Kingbird - 3
Barn Swallow - 6
Blue Jay - 3
Am. Crow - 5
Carolina Chick - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 6
WB Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 7
BG Gnats - 3
Am. Robin - 12
Gray Catbird - 4
No. Mockingbird - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 6
E. Starling - 30
RE Vireo - 1
Yellow Warb - 2
Prothonotary Warb - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
No. Cardinal - 8
RW Blackbird - 20
Com. Grackle - 20
Orchard Oriole - 2
Baltimore Oriole - 1
House Finch - 8
Am. Goldfinch - 8
House Sparrow - 10
also second hand reports of Palm Warbler and Black-and-White Warbler....
The Swallow-tailed Kite is worth the trip...Rich Rieger
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