Nine people attended the birdwalk at Dyke Marsh this morning, sponsored by the
Friends of Dyke Marsh. Migrants are definitely showing up. The waters off the
picnic area were very active. The floating maps of hydrilla held several
groups of shorebirds, including a dozen lesser yellowlegs, 6 least sandpipers,
1 semipalmated sandpiper, and 15-20 unidentified peeps (too far out). Also in
the vegetation were a pied-billed grebe, 6 blue-winged teal, 3 Forster's terns
and 4 Caspian terns. Along the trail we encountered several small groups of
orioles of both species, 2 prothonotary warblers, both red-eyed and warbling
vireos, and a coot. Here is the list:
pied-billed grebe - 1
double-crested cormorant - 15
great blue heron - 4
great egret - 2
canada goose - 26
mallard - 30
blue-winged teal - 6
osprey - 12
bald eagle - 1
American kestrel - 1 in picnic area
american coot - 1
lesser yellowlegs - 12
spotted sandpiper - 4
semipalmated sandpiper - 1
least sandpiper - 6
unidentified peep - 15-20
ring-billed gull - 6
great black-backed gull - 1
laughing gull - 3
Caspain gull - 4
Forster's tern - 7
mourning dove - 12
cuckoo sp. - 1
chimney swift - 3
ruby-throated hummingbird - 3
belted kingfisher - 1
red-bellied woodpecker - 4
downy woodpecker - 5
northern flicker - 3
eastern wood pewee - 4
eastern phoebe - 1
great crested flycatcher - 3
eastern kingbird - 4
barn swallow - 6
carolina wren - 5
gray catbird - 7
northern mockingbird - 3
brown thrasher - 1
American robin - 75
blue-gray gnatcatcher - 6
carolina chickadee - 4
tufted titmouse - 2
white-breasted nuthatch - 1
blue jay - 4
American crow - 2
fish crow - 8
european starling - 35
house sparrow - 14
warbling vireo - 1
red-eyed vireo - 1
house finch - 1
American goldfinch - 10
yellow warbler - 1
prothonotary warbler - 2
song sparrow - 3
northern cardinal - 8
red-winged blackbird - 25
common grackle - 3
brown[-headed cowbird - 5
baltimore oriole - 5
orchard oriole - 3
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
