Sunday, February 24, 2013

February 23, 2013 GRAND VUE

With the weather breaking I anticipated seeing bluebirds on my walk at 10:00.  However, no bluebird sitings were made.  None the less I enjoyed my hike, cleaned out the nest boxes, and did manage to see 4 turkeys that I have observed on multiple occasions.  Hopefully these birds will have a relatively dry spring nesting season.  They were big, healthy looking birds. I could not note any activity at the owl nest boxes.  In fact my after dark attempts to get owls to vocalize yielded nothing earlier in the week.
 
Upon my arrival at the park I met a group of boys participating in the scouting program.  Before their participation in the orienteering program they picked up binoculars and bird lists and were very engaged in the identification of birds at the feeder.  Hopefully we can see some of them return on the 9th for our next scheduled bird count and hike.

I did note the high numbers of woodpeckers as I ended my hike at noon.  Pairs of Downy, Hairy, and Red Bellied woodpeckers were moving about the suet locations.  In fact a third bird joined the Downy and Hairy pairs.  My day continued with basketball.  The Maryland Terrapins, West Lib women and West Lib men all winning.  It doesn't get any better than that!