VA BIRDers,
Warm weather met the participants for the Friends of Dyke Marsh Field Trip,
open to all. Brilliant blue skies and warming breezes met the group as we
watched young Bald Eagles play "catch" with a bit of fish. Nearby 3 Lesser
Scaup fed in Hunting Creek Bay. We had a fine raptor showing which began
with a male Northern Harrier flying over Jones Point and heading south down
the Potomac and ending with a Sharp-shinned Hawk hunting the marsh edges
near the trail We were pleased to find a Tree Swallow flycatching over the
forest near the marina as well as 2 Gray Catbirds along Haul Road. And
along the dogleg we found a few White-crowned Sparrows including one still
singing with a nearby male Common Yellowthroat. All in all a fine day to be
birding - the list is provided below.
Kurt Gaskill
C. Goose 30
Am. Black Duck 3
Mallard 20
Green-winged Teal 2
Lesser Scaup 3
DC Cormorant 20
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 5
No. Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Killdeer 7
Laughing Gull 1000
Ring-billed Gull 200
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 15
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied WP 3
Downy WP 4
No. Flicker 3
PIleated WP 1
Blue Jay 5
Am. Crow 10
Fish Crow 35
Tree Swallow 1
C. Chickadee 3
T. Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
C. Wren 6
H. Wren 3
GC Kinglet 2
RC Kinglet 2
Gray Catbird 2
No. Mockingbird 2
E. Starling 100
Cedar Waxwing 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Common Yellowthroat 1
Chipping Sp 1
Song Sp 20
Swamp Sp 10
White-throated Sp 30
White-crowned Sp 3
Junco 3
No. Cardinal 15
Red-winged BB 20
Com. Grackle 26
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
House Finch 4
Am. Goldfinch 12
House Sparrow 20
