journal #5
I took a bird walk on April 17th around 6pm. I walked from the Davis Center along the Redstone path, past Redstone campus to 500 South Prospect Street, and towards the gym. It was about 40 degrees F and cloudy.
On the Redstone path, I saw a Black-capped Chickadee on the fence. It flew away very quickly, but I managed to get a photo. I did not see many birds apart from the chickadee, but I heard calls of a Common Grackle, House Sparrow, Song Sparrow, and American Crow. I recognized the Common Grackle due to its “rusty-gate” sounding call.
When I got up to the Redstone green, I saw two House Sparrows singing in a tree across from CWP. Two American Robins were also perched in the same tree. On the green, I saw about ten or more robins foraging for food. The grass was muddy and wet due to all the rain we recently got, so I expected worms to be abundant. I saw one American Robin pull a worm out of the ground, which was interesting to see. In another tree I saw four European Starlings perched high on separate branches.
I next went to the pond near the gym. Around it there is a lot of bushes and twigs, and I saw two Song Sparrows hopping around on the ground and flying onto branches. I also saw three European Starlings perched in a tree, as well as an American Robin and an American Crow. In the pond I saw two Canada Geese, and they are probably the same ones I have seen before. One of them is always sitting on a small island of grass and twigs in the middle of the pond, while the other one is swimming. Canada Geese usually lay their eggs in March and April, so I bet the female was incubating the eggs on the grass in the pond’s center.
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