Hello VA-Birders,
This morning several birders spent a delightful morning beating the bushes
for all Dyke Marsh (Fairfax County) had to offer. Top birds included: a very
close fly-by of an AMERICAN BITTERN at the end of the boardwalk as it flew into
the nearby marsh, a vocal and bright male WILSON'S WARBLER of which everyone
got great close-in views, MAGNOLIA WARBLER at the beginning of Haul Rd,
WARBLING VIREOS, and two NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES. A small mouselike tan-colored
bird that flew into some marsh grass just off the boardwalk may have been the
previously-reported Sedge Wren, but the look was not sufficient and it was not
calling. The morning's list follows - 70 species.
Jay Keller
Canada Goose 18
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 12
Double-crested Cormorant 25
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 10
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 7
Bonaparte's Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 225 Confirmed
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Caspian Tern 5
Rock Pigeon 18
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 3
White-eyed Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 6
Purple Martin 4
Tree Swallow 35
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 8
Marsh Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 25
Cedar Waxwing 75
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 7
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Prairie Warbler 2
American Redstart 1
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Northern Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 7
Wilson's Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 15
Indigo Bunting 5
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Orchard Oriole 4
Baltimore Oriole 7
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 18
House Sparrow 12
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