In lieu of the Friends of Dyke Marsh birdwalk yesterday.
I had a brief glimpse of a probable Fox Sparrow along the Haul Rd slightly N of
the dogleg, but did not include it in the list.
Dyke Marsh - CMN02, Fairfax, US-VA
Dec 8, 2013 7:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling 2.25 kilometer(s)
Comments: I St & Parkwary, bike path to first lot, over to shore to scan
Hunting Creek Cove, river; then down to S end of marina before heading out Haul
Rd to N platform, return;
0 to -1 C; overcast (3 km with lower broken and scattered, lowering to 2 km,
with lower scattered); scattered snow flakes 0830 to 0945; then shifting to
more continuous, light snowfall; N 15 km/hr to NE 21 km/hr to E 13 km/hr;
sunrise 0715 EST; low tide ~0645 EST;
Canada Goose 215
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 340
Northern Shoveler 2
Canvasback 6 --- with large RuDu flock off picnic grounds
Redhead 4 --- with large RuDu flock off picnic grounds
Ring-necked Duck 8 --- with RuDu along S side Haul Rd
Lesser Scaup 6
Bufflehead 6
Ruddy Duck 970 --- 850 off picnic grounds (most in single raft); 120 of S
side Haul Rd; (counts by 5);
Pied-billed Grebe 9
Double-crested Cormorant 28 --- exact count;
Great Blue Heron 3
Bald Eagle 6 --- 2 ad & 1 im on HC flats; 2 on island S of marina; 1 off
mouth of Big Gut;
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern) 1
Laughing Gull 2 --- in gull flock on bars off mouth Hunting Creek; smaller
than RBGu, with darker gray mantle;
Ring-billed Gull 475
Herring Gull 135
Great Black-backed Gull 17
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 22
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9
Downy Woodpecker 8
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 9
crow sp. 13
Carolina Chickadee 26
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 17
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
American Robin 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 14
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 8
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 45
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 60
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 3
Northern Cardinal 28
Red-winged Blackbird 85
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 15
House Sparrow 6
50 species
Sherman Suter
Alexandria VA 22307
ssuter aaas org
