On the January 16, 2023, Martin Luther King Day of Service, 131 enthusiastic volunteers clipped English ivy ( Hedera helix) off trees in Dyke Marsh and collected 70 bags of trash weighing 446 pounds.Ĭontinue Reading Many Birds Stand Out in Winter Army Corps of Engineers’ (ACE) proposed a “tentatively selected plan” to build a floodwall and levee in the Belle Haven, New Alexandria, Belle View and River Towers areas of Fairfax County near the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve.Ĭontinue Reading Record Number of Volunteers Give Back on MLK Day Many people delight in the ospreys’ spring return from their southern wintering grounds in Florida, the Caribbean and Central and South America to spots near water in Northern Virginia.Ĭontinue Reading Floodwall and Levee Near Dyke Marsh Is Questioned On April 14, 2023, Dan Rauch, Fisheries and Wildlife Biologist for the Washington, D.C., government, led a walk, billed as a "riverside chat," in Dyke Marsh for 13 members of the Potomac Conservancy.Ĭontinue Reading The Ospreys’ Spring Return and Ritual In early May, observers began to see the fledglings of both pairs exploring the immediate environs.Ĭontinue Reading “Sister” Group Visits Dyke Marsh Many people have stood for hours watching and photographing a barred owl ( Strix varia) pair and a great horned owl ( Bubo virginianus) pair raise their young. Spring 2023 brought a frenzy of reproduction in the natural world.
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On May 17, 2023, the Friends of Dyke Marsh hosted a presentation by Kasha Helget on the value of ticks and mosquitoes, how to identify them, their life cycles and eco-friendly management responses. Dyke Marsh had some “major attractions” in late spring 2023.Ĭontinue Reading Warming Up to Ticks and Mosquitoes
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