Extra Credit

Nicholas Frank
Extra Credit
Date: 5/08/21
Start Time: 12:00pm
End Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Weather: Mid 50's, partly cloudy, slight breeze
Habitats: Hardwood Forest (mostly Poplars, Oaks, Birches, Maples), Open Field, Swamp/Bog

For the extra credit assignment, I took my childhood friend Joe Purce on his first birding excursion. Joe enjoys outdoor activities like hiking and works at REI so getting him to go outside was not much of an issue, but I don't think he would have gone birding with me unless I told him it was for my extra credit. We went to a place we had both been as children for both school and cub scout field trips, the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

Although he did become a little bored towards the end, he said he found it interesting how many distinct songs there were for birds that he never listened too. Joe always knew there were different songs and calls for different birds but never noticed the complexity of them until now. I believe "meowing" of the Gray Catbird is what really caught Joe's attention. He enjoyed taking the time to walk around and enjoy the wildlife in a new way. Joe also found it interesting when I told him how to identify the difference between a Hairy and Downy Woodpecker. Joe said he would never be able to tell the difference if he saw one or the other on it's own but found it interesting that such a subtle differences are used to distinguish one species from the other. Overall I think he enjoyed his first birding excursion although I am not sure if he will go again anytime soon.

Julkaistu toukokuu 13, 2021 08:08 IP. käyttäjältä nfrank22