Bird AlbumUnited States · Virginia
Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
264 species and 336,682 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 183 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK4 km251 species
- Huntley Meadows Park – Hike and Bike Trail6 km223 species
- Monticello Park7 km160 species
- East Potomac Park – Hains Pt.12 km261 species
- Theodore Roosevelt Island14 km219 species
- Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens18 km250 species
All 264 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 183 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve?
264 species, from 336,682 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Carolina Wren, Northern Cardinal, White-throated Sparrow and Bald Eagle.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.