I was committed to volunteer away from the nature preserve this morning so  I 
didn't get out to monitor any blocks until this afternoon. Shaune Skinner  
joined me and we headed into the back country of Area N at the preserve. Area N  
currently resembles a maternity ward. There are birds nesting  and feeding  
fledglings everywhere. Some of the fledglings we observed harassing the adults  
for food were Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Tree Swallow, Carolina  
Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Wood Thrush and Prothonotary  
Warbler. We also watched a pair of Red-eyed Vireo’s collecting nest materials  
and a Ruby-throated Hummingbird sitting on her nest. The lack of rain has  
lowered the water level so much that we were able to walk to areas that in a  
normal year would have water chest-high.
 
Some of the species we observed today were:
Great Blue Heron
Green  Heron
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted  Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian  Flycatcher
Cliff Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wood Thrush
Warbling  Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula
Prothonotary Warbler
Baltimore  Oriole
 
Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve
Delorme 58 C (2) &  (3)




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