Ten birders joined us today for the weekly Dyke Marsh bird walk. It started
with very pleasant temperatures, warming up quickly as the sun rose. Bird
life seemed pretty quiet but there was a good bit of butterfly activity.
Following is our list:
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Egret 2
Green Heron 2
Canada Goose 9
Mallard 10
Osprey 7
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 2
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin 27
Gray Catbird 6
Yellow Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 7
Butterflies included:
Cabbage White
Pearl Crescent
Viceroy
Orange Sulphur
Monarch
Eastern tailed Blue
Sachem
Zabulon Skipper
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Silver spotted Skipper
Horace's Duskywing
Red Admiral
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
