Birding with Special Guest at the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Reserve

This Saturday I've invited Sandy F. to help co-host this event. She is an experienced birder with years of experience in finding and identifying birds in our area.

The Group gathers in the parking lot between 6:00 AM and 6:30 AM to catch the sunrise over the Potomac River.
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/hCUuoxUPKhRbLLZn9

Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve is known as a top regional birding spot, over 300 species have been recorded here, including nesting bald eagles and ospreys.

Bring your longest telephoto lens and binoculars. I can help you with camera settings so you can capture sharper images of both perched birds and birds in flight.

I randomly drop by this afternoon before the snow and saw many amazing birds. I posted a few already.

Note: I set the meetup for 6:30am to capture the sunrise. It's supposed to be partly cloudy which should make for amazing skies. I suggest you arrive at 6:00 AM to capture the glow of twilight hour. It is thrilling to capture the amazing orange and red colors that are only available at that time in the morning.

Share only your very best, most interesting shots after the field trip, and keep it down to between 5 and 10 photos.

Bring water, comfortable shoes, a tripod, fully charged batteries, and empty memory cards...

Park Facts:
Entrance Fee: Free
Allow Dogs on a leash: Yes
Bathroom: On the north side of the Marina is a building for restrooms
National Park Service Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve: www.nps.gov/gwmp
Friends of Dyke Marsh (www.fodm.org)

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