Less heat and humidity was welcome for the weekly birding trip at Dyke Marsh,
sponsored by Friends of Dyke Marsh and open to all. About a dozen birders
joined in. Highlights included a White-eyed Vireo along the Haul Road, several
Spotted Sandpipers, and Forster's Terns in both breeding and Fall plumage. The
list of birds seen or heard follows, along with estimates of numbers:
Bob Beard, Arlington VA
Canada Goose 150
Mallard 60
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 7
Great Egret 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Black Vulture 1
Osprey 12
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Laughing Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 300
Caspian Tern 2
Forsters Tern 3
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 4
Fish Crow 8
Chimney Swift 50
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Purple Martin 25-30, flying and many perched at the Marina
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Marsh Wren 2
Carolina Wren 12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2 White-eye Vireo 1 European Starling 12
Common Yellow-throat 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 12
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 10
Orchard Oriole 6
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 2
GPS
Belle
Haven Park next to Dyke Marsh
38.777808
-77.051411
