A work buddy of mine, Jack Greenwood, was the only person who joined me for
today's edition of the Dyke Marsh Sunday morning walk. Duck numbers are still
low, but diversity is better, with the highlights being 10 Canvasbacks (6
drakes and 4 hens) and a Redhead drake observed in the mouth of the "Little
Gut" just south of the end of the Haul Road peninsula. As a prelude to spring,
Hooded and Common Mergansers and Buffleheads were engaged in courtship displays
while 3 bachelor Red-winged Blackbirds sang from perches in the marsh. Big
misses were Winter Wren, kinglets, and kingfishers.
Today's Totals:
Canada Goose 1100
American Black Duck 25
Mallard 35
Canvasback 10
Redhead 1
Lesser Scaup 30
Bufflehead 8
Hooded Merganser 3
Common Merganser 25
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Great Blue Heron 4
Bald Eagle 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 400
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Mourning Dove 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
crow sp 5
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 40
Song Sparrow 30
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 100
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 3
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 30
Larry Cartwright
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