Folks might like to stroll on the boardwalk at Garbry Big Woods Sanctuary (when it is not wet!) to see the huge, fallen trees from the September hurricane-force winds. You can count the rings on many oaks, maple, ash, beech trees that were 100-150 years old. There's an uprooted tree with a 10 foot wide section of soil attached. It's pretty spectacular, in its own way.
We wonder how the loss of so many "giants" will affect the wildflowers and tree growth in the future.
Seen at Stillwater Prairie Reserve on Saturday, May 15:
eastern meadowlark
red-winged black bird
canada goose
yellow warbler
common yellowthroat
wood duck
cardinal
northern parula
american goldfinch
tree swallow
eastern kingfisher
turkey vulture
baltimore oriole
starling
red-bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker
great blue heron
song sparrow
catbird
Seen Saturday morning, April 17, 2010 at Stillwater Prairie Reserve
- downy woodpecker
- hairy woodpecker
- red-bellied woodpecker
- blue-gray gnatcatcher
- ruby crowned kinglet
- wood duck
- chipping, field, song sparrows
- red winged black birds
- eastern meadowlark
- turkey vulture
Seen April 3 at Garbry's Reserve were:
- yellow-bellied sapsucker
- brown thrasher
- downy
- hairy
- red-bellied woodpeckers.
- Field sparrows are also singing.
Birds Seen March 20, 2010 at Stillwater Prairie Reserve
red-winged blackbirds
canadian geese
starlings
downey
red-bellied
wb nuthatch
cardinal
robin
carolina wren
eastern phoebe
crow
carolina chicadee
wood duck
March 6, 2010
Hobart Urban Nature Preserve
Canada geese
Redhead ducks (20ish male and female mix)
Mallards
Fox
John A. Wannemacher Nature Reserve
Opossum!
Seen the morning of July 27 at Garbry's Reserve:
Cedar Waxwing-on nest
Red-Headed Woodpecker-adult and juvenile
Red-Wing blackbird numbers were down
To follow are birds sighted at Twin Arch July 2009:
Two red-headed woodpeckers have been spotted at Twin Arch on June 16!
Notable birds seen June 13 at Garbry Big Woods:
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Catbird
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Brown Thrasher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Hairy Woodpecker
Wablers seen April 25 at Garbry Big Woods were:
Yellow-rumped and black-throated green along with
the early migrants, peewee and phoebe
Birds spotted at Hobart Urban Nature Preserve on April 20, 2009:
- Brown headed cowbird
- Turkey vultures
- Robins
- Tree and barn swallows
- Red-winged blackbirds
- Blue-winged teals
- Mallards
- Ring-necked duck
- Pied-billed Griebs
- Song sparrows
- Phoebe
- Bluebirds
- Green Heron
The following birds were seen at Hobart Urban Nature Preserve on April 11 & 12th, 2009:
- Tree Swallows
- Barn Swallows
- Song Sparrows
- Crows
- Pheobe
- American Kestral
- Robins
- Ring-necked Ducks
- Pied-billed Grieb
- Canada Geese
- Red-winged Black Birds
- Mallards
- Blue-Winged Teal
- Belted Kingfisher
- Cardinals
- Turkey Vultures
- Meadowlark
- Blue Jay
- Hooded-Merganser (female)
- Coopers Hawk
- White Throated Sparrow
The following birds observed at Hobart Urban Nature Preserve on April 5, 2009:
- Gold Finch
- White-Throated Sparrow
- Tree Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Crows
- Turkey Vultures
- Meadowlark
- American kestrel
- Song Sparrow
- Phoebe
- Great Blue Heron
- Dark-eyed Junko
- Ring-necked Ducks
- Mallards
- Red-winged Blackbirds
- Pied Billed Grieb
- House Finch
