FLM&A 5th Annual Bird Walk
Great Blue Heron
It was a chilly, rainy Saturday morning, but our intrepid birding crew braved the elements to see who of our feathered friends would be doing the same! Our tenacity paid off – while wandering through the Townsend-Grady Wildlife Preserve, we saw and/or heard 37 different species! Not bad for a wet day. Early on we were treated to a glorious flyover by a juvenile Bald Eagle and the charismatic Great Blue Heron. Of course our regular wetlands denizens, the Red-winged Blackbirds, were out in abundance. Out on the water were Mallards, Double-crested Cormorant, and the exotic looking Wood Duck. Although our primary viewing targets were of the avian
varieties, we also caught a glimpse of a busy muskrat. What a treat to experience this springtime flurry of activity after an extended winter! A heartfelt THANK YOU goes out to our guides Mahlon Eleanor Hurst, and friends Lydian and Arlene. Maybe next year we’ll have a sunny day!
The following is a list of bird species we identified that wet morning:
1) Song Sparrow
2) Canada Goose
3) Yellow Warbler
4) Baltimore Oriole
5) Gray Catbird
6) Warbling Vireo
7) Mallard
8) Pileated Woodpecker
9) Great Blue Heron
10) White-breasted Nuthatch
11) Red-winged Blackbird
12) Bald Eagle
13) Red Bellied Woodpecker
14) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
15) American Goldfinch
16) Cedar Waxwing
17) Tufted Titmouse
18) Double-crested Cormorant
19) Northern Flicker
20) Common Grackle
21) Mourning Dove
22) Swamp Sparrow
23) Belted Kingfisher
24) Common Yellowthroat
25) Wood Duck
26) Black Capped Chickadee
27) Rough Winged Swallow
28) Least Flycatcher
29) American Robin
30) Carolina Wren
31) Downy Woodpecker
32) Red-eyed Vireo
33) Eastern Towhee
34) Hooded Warbler
35) Yellow-throated Vireo
36) Chipping Sparrow
Photos by Helen Heizyk
