Field Journal - Ecological Physiology

Date - 3/5/2021
Start time - 2:00
End time - 3:30
Location - Centennial Woods
Weather - 21 degrees 13 mph wind
Habitat(s) - forest with deciduous and coniferous trees

On friday our birding group walked from UVMs Aiken Center to Centennial Woods, through and back. On the way there I saw two American Robins, one in a tree and one on the ground by the trees. The Robin in the tree seemed to be eating the tree's small red berries, and the one on the ground looked to be resting or just sitting but had likely also been eating berries from the ground.

In the woods we didn't see many birds at first but could hear some as we walked. I heard Black-capped Chickadees, American Crows, Brown Creepers, and a Pileated Woodpecker up in the trees or flying by before we saw any. We saw two Red-breasted Nuthatches in a tree, maybe eating/looking for insects or tree seeds, and a Tufted Titmouse flew by while we were watching. There were two Brown Creepers spotted high in the trees after we had been hearing them throughout the course of the walk. They were probably also looking for insects or seeds, both birds may have been more likely to find seeds due to it being winter. The small groups of Chickadees aswell were in / flying through the trees looking for food.

There were lots of snags throughout the walk, in various types of trees. They had lots of cavities and holes, some small holes for feeding and some large holes that may have been shelters and homes for birds at some point. I didn't see any birds in the tree cavities, I saw a red squirrel go into one. We tried to knock on the trees to see if anything would come out but had no luck. Maybe the cavities we saw were abandoned or the birds were out looking for food, it was already very cold in the day so I imagine many of the birds could need some sort of shelter like that at night.

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