"And the song of birds filled the air."

Today was absolutely beautiful!! Around 5 in the evening I decided to go back to the town park ,Ingelside to explore the habitat there. It was a semi-mature mixed forest with lots of understory and bushes, a small field with scattered trees and a pond. There were maples, dogwoods, oaks, birch and alder trees. For other plants there were honey suckles, spindles, serviceberry,ferns, sumac and barberry plus much more. For flowers there were ground ivy, canada may flowers, violets, azure bluets, and dandelions along with the flowers of the trees. I did not see many mammals but I did see a chipmunk and a rabbit however I am sure there is more there at earlier or later hours. The pond wasn't really accessible but I did see red winged blackbirds and some geese down near the water however I plan to go back and explore near the water some more. There were 25 bird species today and the yellow rumped warblers were flitting everywhere. I did manage to get some lovely pictures but gave myself warbler neck in the process (ouch). I do hope to more thoroughly travel the trails and explore the water more but I had to return home after spending a hour there. I found some insects on the barberry flowers, a couple of fuzzy bumble bees and a thread waisted wasp, and a tiny blue butterfly that would barely hold still for me to identify. I am really becoming more attentive to the things around me and I am trying harder to focus on plants and insects as much as I do birds but it is quite hard, haha but this class is helping me a lot.

Publicado el mayo 15, 2020 04:34 MAÑANA por jobird