Our field walk at Wright-Locke Farm began with two tree swallows setting up housekeeping in nesting boxes provided by the farm, their iridescent plumage gleaming in the sun. As we headed toward the pond, a killdeer was patrolling the field perimeter. We later saw a second on the hill next to the pond. In a cluster of cedars at the corner of the pond, we were treated to a ruby crowned kinglet, palm warbler and first of the season for many of us, a Northern Parula. Along the path over the hill we stopped in our tracks to see a Barred Owl, at close range about eye level--truly the star of our show! In the larger pond, a late female Hooded Merganser was taking in the sun, while a momma mallard was steering clear with her little ones from a hybrid male mallard, guarded by another male. Red winged blackbirds, grackles, red-bellied woodpeckers, goldfinches, tufted titmice, house finches and chickadees were aplenty, as all enjoyed this beautiful spring morning.
Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Craig
Wright-Locke Farm
Apr 25, 2024
8:00 AM
Traveling
1.50 miles
120 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: MBC walk
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2 Canada Goose
13 Mallard
1 Common Merganser
3 Mourning Dove
2 Killdeer
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Barred Owl
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
6 Blue Jay
7 Black-capped Chickadee
5 Tufted Titmouse
5 Tree Swallow
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Carolina Wren
7 European Starling
1 Northern Mockingbird
25 American Robin
15 House Sparrow
4 House Finch
7 American Goldfinch
1 White-throated Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
10 Red-winged Blackbird
12 Common Grackle
1 Northern Parula
1 Palm Warbler
3 Northern Cardinal
