On the Northern Virginia Bird Club walk at Dyke Marsh this morning, 10
birders bundled up against the cold wind but many birds stayed hunkered
down. We found 37 species, including a large number of Common Mergansers on
the river and in the bay near the marina, with close views of a pair in
excellent light. The Bald Eagle nest along the Haul Road had an adult that
may be brooding young. Some of us watched the adult settle down gently from
a standing posture.
An Osprey was seen, perhaps first of season at Dyke Marsh (?). And there
was an unusual number of kinglets, with 5 Golden-crowned and 4 Ruby-crowned.
Grebes also put in a good appearance, with 5 Horned and 3 Pied-billed.
Northern Virginia Bird Club walks are open to all, and are listed in the
Siskin newsletter at http://nvabc.org/the-siskin/ ;
Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Fairfax, Virginia, US Mar 14, 2018 8:19 AM -
10:16 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.7 mile(s)
37 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 105
Mallard 20
American Black Duck 2
Lesser Scaup 43
Bufflehead 6
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 38
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Horned Grebe 5
Double-crested Cormorant 13
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 3
American Coot 15
Ring-billed Gull 60
Herring Gull 1
Mourning Dove 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 2
Fish Crow 18
crow sp. 20
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
American Robin 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 11
White-throated Sparrow 16
Song Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 2
House Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S43641122
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
