Two people joined us today for the full walk at Dyke Marsh sponsored by the
Friends of Dyke Marsh and held every Sunday at 8 AM. The day was clear,
starting fairly cool and warming up but still with low humidity. Birds were
quiet but a good day was still had.
Following is the list including butterflies which had a fine showing also.
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 13
Great Egret 24
Canada Goose 47
Wood Duck 8
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 91
Osprey 13
Laughing Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Caspian Tern 22
Forster's Tern 25
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Great-crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 2
Fish Crow 9
Purple Martin 2
Barn Swallow 7
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 7
Carolina Wren 12
House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 10
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 16
Yellow Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 9
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 11
House Sparrow 14
And the Butterflies:
Silver spotted Skipper 6
Appalachian Brown 3
Red-banded Hairstreak 1
Zabulon Skipper 9
Pearl Crescent 2
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6
Summer Azure 2
Monarch 2
Spicebush Swallowtail 4
Least Skipper 1
Red Admiral 2
Northern Broken Dash 1
Clouded Sulphur 1
Sachem 1
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
