VA BIRDers,
I report here the results of the regular Friends of Dyke Marsh Field Trip lead
by Roger Miller Sunday, 6/6 combined with the results of one of the Breeding
Bird Survey legs I did(the Hike-Bike Trail) that Larry Cartwright coordinates
at Dyke (for the last 8 years or so; contact Larry for questions or to
volunteer at prowarbler@xxxxxxxxx). Afterwards I report on the canoe leg of
the BBS survey that Chip Johnston and I did early this morning, 6/8.
The Field Trip was well attended with about 10 people present. Several good
highlights were found: three Great Egrets, a male Bufflehead in Hunting Creek
Bay (a rare June record in these parts; present for over 2 weeks now), a pair
of Lesser Scaup in Hunting Creek Bay, HY Red-tailed Hawk flying over the marsh
edge, Spotted Sandpiper, Ruby-throated Hummingbird on nest, Warbling Vireos,
Marsh Wrens, American Redstart (not a known breeder!) and fine looks at
Baltimore Orioles. The Hike-Bike Trail added a sedately perched YB Cuckoo,
several Acadian Flycatchers, a couple of Prothonotary Warblers close to the
trail, and an unusual (for location and date) E. Towhee.
This morning's canoe outing took place about an hour before low tide and
yielded up 4 male Least Bitterns, a Green Heron and Black-crowned Night-Heron
flying over, an adult Bald Eagle causing nearby Osprey great consternation, 5
Marsh Wrens, a Brown Thrasher in a wet forest edge, and another Prothonotary
territory.
Below is the combined totals found Sunday to help give the reader a picture of
the diversity and relative abundance at Dyke Marsh.
Kurt Gaskill
DC Cormorant 37
Great Blue Heron 11
Great Egret 3
Canada Goose 71
Wood Duck 5 (2 broods noted this year)
Mallard 85 (prob 7 broods noted this year)
Lesser Scaup 2
Bufflehead 1
Osprey 10
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Caspian Tern 2
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 11
RT Hummingbird 1
YB Cuckoo 1
C. Swift 91
Red-bellied WP 14
Downy WP 6
No. Flicker 3
Pileated WP 1
E. Wood Pewee 1
Acadian Flycatcher 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
E. Kingbird 8
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 4
Am. Crow 3
Fish Crow 1
crow sp. 5
Tree Sw 15
No. Rough-winged Sw 3
Barn Sw 13
C. Chickadee 9
T. Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
C. Wren 13
M. Wren 3
BG Gnatcatcher 10
Am. Robin 7
Gray Catbird 1
No. Mockingbird 1
E. Starling 30
Cedar Waxwing 3
No. Parula 5
Yellow Warbler 3
Prothonotary Warbler 5
Com. Yellowthroat 4
E. Towhee 1
Song Sp. 4
Indigo Bunting 3
No. Cardinal 40
Red-winged Blackbird 33
Com. Grackle 52
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 5
House Finch 1
Am. Goldfinch 19
House Sp 13
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