Saturday, May 5: Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center: Bird Walk led by Mary Batchellor:
A great birding day: leaves just coming out making sightings of birds easier than normal. Many birds just returning this week. A bald eagle was spotted later in the day. 35 species sighted.
Black-throated Green Warbler, Chestnut-sided warbler, Blackburnian warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Common Yellow-throat, Ovenbird, Black-throated Blue warbler, Black and White warbler, Yellow-rumped warbler, Northern waterthrush, Brown creeper, White-breasted nuthatch, Red-breasted nuthatch, White-throated sparrow, Swamp sparrow, Rose-breasted grosbeak, Blue-headed vireo, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Flicker, Downy woodpecker, Common grackle, Tree swallow, Barn swallow, Brown-headed cowbird, Mourning dove, Chickadee, Ruby crowned kinglet, Goldfinch, Purple finch, Red-winged blackbird,Junco, American robin, Bluejay, Chipping sparrow, Great-blue heron, Loon
Common Mammal Sightings as of 5/5/2012:
Porcupine, Deer, Red fox
YIKES!
One of our sharp-eyed environmental educators spied this little guy on our grounds one morning. We all had to blink and look twice to believe what we were seeing. This phenomena is rousing the worried-fascination of the science community. A bit more background can be found at the following link: http://www.livescience.com/animals/081029-deformed-salamanders.html
Have you spotted wildlife in your backyard or on your last trip to the Center? Go to this link to log your sighting:
http://www.communitywalk.com/map/22362
Bird Walk May 17, 2009
Walk led by Tray Biasiolli, New York State Parks
Ovenbird
Blue-headed vireo
Chickadee
Rufus throated hummingbird
Blackburnian warbler
Yellowthroat
Red-winged blackbird
Black-throated green warbler
Balck-throated blue warbler
Baltimore oriole
Tree swallow
Nashville warbler
Song sparrow
Phoebe
American robin
Flicker
Brown creeper
Blue jay
Junco
Pine warbler
Swamp sparrow
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
Mourning dove
White-throated sparrow
Canada warbler
Mallard
Hermit thrush
Yellow-rumped warbler
Redstart
