04/18/21 FJ6: Centennial Woods with TA's

45F, no precipitation, 90% cloud cover (cleared up towards end of walk), Centennial Woods
Time: 9am - 10:40am

Habitat and general notes: Walking to Centennial is very urban, more cars/houses than trees. We saw the Robins, Crow, and Nuthatch in these areas. All presumably looking for food, witnessed one Robin actively pulling worm from the ground. The Great Egret was spotted flying overhead the small pond that the Mallard was in and where we spotted the Woodpecker and Blackbird. This area didn't have much cover but was more swampy due to the pond with a few sparse trees and cattails. Inside Centennial, there was an area of less cover with younger small trees, then progressively gained larger, older trees as we walked through. The Chickadees looked to be building a nest in an old dead red maple cavity. Pine trees dominated the further in we went with lots of underbrush (where we noted the Brown Creeper and Tufted Titmouse). The Pine Warbler and Kinglet were spotted high up in the pine trees, where there was the most cover. most of the trees deeper in Centennial didn't have leaves/needles on the lower branches yet, the densest cover was at the tops of trees. The road was not visible through the woods but was faintly heard. We ran into 1 off leash dog and a few joggers but otherwise the forest was empty for us. Overall, there was a wide variety in habitat from urban to light cover to mixed forest with early blooming plants and brush.

All birds seen (notes under individual observations):

• Chipping Sparrow x2
• House Sparrow x2
• American Crow
• American Robin x4

• Mallard
  -Red-winged Blackbird

• Great Egret

• Brown-headed Cowbird x2
  -Hermit Thrush
  -Black-capped Chickadee x2
  -Tufted Titmouse x2

• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Pine Warbler
• Brown Creeper
• Downy Woodpecker
• White-breasted Nuthatch

Julkaistu huhtikuu 18, 2021 07:50 IP. käyttäjältä jamiek347