Well, it's been a long time since I posted to this blog. Today marks the first official birding morning at Grand Vue. It was a beautiful day at the busy park. At about 9:30 I walked to several nest boxes and found most to have nest material inside. One nestbox had 5 bluebird eggs, so I expect a very active week or two. I walked with Sam down the eastern point. I call it Pileated Point as I always have those woodpeckers in that area. We continued all the way down to the "cliffs" which is a nice area with a pretty significant rock face. I noted that someone made some steps from rocks and also, cut some steps with a shovel. Once we arrived we found a nice Phoebe nest inside a big overhang. I will try to post the picture, which looked great. Moss, mud, sticks, and other vegetation sort of glued to the liken and moss covered rocks. There was about a 2 inch space between nest and ceiling, which allowed me room for a very close up picture of 5 white eggs. On the way out, I saw and heard a Louisiana Waterthrush in the adjacent ravine. I will be back to check on this bird, hopefully nesting. He did not really respond to my bird app vocals, must be a little early for that. Between waterthrush, phoebe nest, and multiple nest boxes with bluebird eggs, I don't know which was best.
In addition, on recent walks, I have seen several Cooper's hawks, red-tailed Hawks, and a sharp shinned hawk. I hope to find a nest location for all of these birds. In March I also had a brown creeper, which was good to see. Maybe I will get my first warbler in the up and coming week, or an oriole.
The day was a near perfect day, with sunshine, temperatures at around 80 degrees, and low humidity. High adventure ropes course, swing, bungee drop, trampoline, and zip lining opened and made for a very active park. And we ate at the trail head grill where I enjoyed mason Dixon barbecue with Ann, Sarabeth, Logan, and Emily. It just doesn't get much better than that!
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