About 30 people attended the weekly walk at Dyke Marsh in Alexandria. The walk
is sponsored by Friends of Dyke Marsh and open to all. It was a beautiful
morning and the few migrants we saw is indicative of the tail end of the spring
migration. Highlights were 2 greater yellowlegs on the mudflats seen from the
picnic area, 3 spotted sandpipers, a little warbler flock containing 1 each of
American redstart, magnolia warbler, and blackpoll warbler, 2 eastern kingbirds
working on a nest, 3 osprey chicks getting fed at the nest next to the marina,
a migrant scarlet tanager in the picnic area before the walk, 2 male Baltimore
orioles offering great views, 2 warbling vireos, and a grey-cheeked thrush seen
by only a few. We tallied 60 species in all.
Marc Ribaudo
