Views
- Our first stop was the sunny knoll of the Sedge Meadow Trail.
- Turkey vultures and even a black vulture were seen overhead.
- Northern cardinals, cedar waxwings, dark-eyed junkos and others were in the brush all around.
- In the area of the boardwalk, fox sparrow, purple finch and hermit thrush were notable finds.
- Near where the bridge no longer is, Golden- and ruby-crowned kinglets challenged our necks.
- An unafraid garter snake was spotted a little farther along the way.
- The Cary Pines trail yealded some red-breasted nuthatches as we approached the Fern Glen.
- On the way back, we found a fair, but not unmanageable puddle in the Old Gravel Pit.
- As we came out into the Little Bluestem Meadow, a great blue heron rose out of the Gifford Garden and departed.
- We took its place, had lunch, then we too departed.
Herps
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Birds
- 1 Great Blue Heron
- 1 Black Vulture
- 4 Turkey Vulture
- 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
- 1 Mourning Dove
- 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
- 4 Downy Woodpecker
- 1 Northern Flicker
- 19 Blue Jay
- 14 American Crow
- 50 Black-capped Chickadee
- 7 Tufted Titmouse
- 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch
- 8 White-breasted Nuthatch
- 12 Golden-crowned Kinglet
- 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- 8 Eastern Bluebird
- 2 European Starling
- 23 Cedar Waxwing
- 1 Fox Sparrow
- 10 White-throated Sparrow
- 30 Dark-eyed Junco
- 3 Northern Cardinal
- 4 Purple Finch
- 1 House Sparrow
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