I went into the park for about ninety minutes this morning. The birding continues to be a bit slow, so i concentrated again on wildflowers. I found the White Trilliums in bloom. I missed them yesterday when I looked for them in the wrong place.
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| White Trillium 04/24/2017 |
Common Violets were in bloom in a number of places as I noted yesterday.
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| Common Violet 04/24/2017 |
Also in bloom up on the ridge were Virginia Bluebells.
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| Virginia Bluebells 04/24/2017 |
Apparently wanting to keep in the blue theme, a Blue Jay posed just off the wall over the Indian Caves.
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| Blue Jay 04/24/2017 |
As I said above, the birding was fairly quiet, though there were a number of Yellow-rumped Warblers around the pine groves along the center of the ridge. The one somewhat unusual bird for the park was a lone Rusty Blackbird along the shore of the bay north of the soccer fields. My full lsit of 28 species found is below.
Canada Goose
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Sparrow
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