VA BIRDers,
A few hardy birders made it out to Dyke Marsh last Sunday for the regular
Field Trip (sponsored by the Friends of Dyke Marsh and free to all, meet at 8
am
in the picnic area). Despite the threatening weather it was a splendid
outing. For those of us who arrived a bit early and went to Hunting Creek
mudflats,
the top bird was a Stilt Sandpiper, previously found by Marc Ribaudo the day
before. Along the trail the top bird was a male Prothonotary Warbler which
readily pished in - and then was joined by an American Redstart and a Northern
Parula!
Other birds of interest Sunday were Least Bittern feeding in the spadderdock
along the dogleg, an adult Bald Eagle (looks like eagle migration has
started), three hendersonii Short-billed Dowitchers on the mudflats, about 30
Chimney
Swift, at least 8 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, an E. Wood Pewee displaying its
sally technique, a half-dozen E. Kingbirds, one singing Warbling Vireo and 2
others going "meeezzhhh", Purple Martins, Tree Swallows, No. Rough-winged
Swallows, Barn Swallows, a House Wren, several Marsh Wrens, many Gray Catbirds,
singing Yellow Warbler and 2 HY birds, an E. Towhee, a couple of Indigo
Buntings,
a few Orchard Orioles, and one Baltimore Oriole in the trees near the
shorebirds.
Kurt Gaskill
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