About 11 people showed up for the Dyke Marsh walk this morning. It was feast
or famine. We started right off feasting on a group of migrants along the edge
of the Belle Haven picnic area and around the marina. Highlights were several
magnolia warblers, northern parula, redstart, bay-breasted warbler, scarlet
tanager, Cooper's hawk, cedar waxwing, and house wren. However, the Dyke marsh
trail proper was very quiet. Several fly-over black ducks and a number of
mallards were the only waterfowl. No warblers except 2 yellowthroats, and only
one sparrow, a song. Flickers appear to be moving through.
Here is the complete list:
double-crested cormorant - 8
great-blue heron - 3
great egret - 3
canada goose - 2
mallard - 15
black duck - 3
osprey - 2
Cooper's hawk - 1
ring-billed gull - 5
great black-backed gull - 1
herring gull - 3
laughing gull - 25
caspian tern - 2
Forster's tern - 1
rock pigeon - 2
mourning dove - 10
chimney swift - 8
belted kingfisher - 1
red-bellied woodpecker - 4
downy woodpecker - 3
hairy woodpecker - 1
northern flicker - 15
cedar waxwing - 2
carolina wren - 10
house wren - 3
gray catbird - 4
northern mockingbird - 2
carolina chickadee - 3
white-breasted nuthatch - 2
blue jay - 15
european starling - 30
northern parula - 2
magnolia warbler - 5
bay-breasted warbler - 1
american redstart - 2
common yellowthroat - 2
scarlet tanager - 1
song sparrow - 1
northern cardinal - 20
red-winged blackbird - 15
common grackle - 40
brown-headed cowbird - 2
house finch - 4
american goldfinch - 12
house sparrow - 9
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
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