Last evening we enjoyed the hiking stick program woodcock walk at Sandy 
Ridge Reservation, led by Tim, the naturalist. In spite of the incredibly 
loud spring peepers, we heard multiple woodcocks peenting and doing their 
aerial displays and dive bombs in the meadow. One took off into the air 
fairly close to our group. Prior to seeing the woodcocks at dusk, our walk 
went out to the marsh and spotted the following:

Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Great-horned owls (youngsters sitting on their nest and nearby adult 
perched in a tree)
Bald eagles (2)
Red-winged blackbirds
Red-headed woodpecker
Canada Geese
Mallards
Tree Swallows
European starling
American Robins
Ruddy Ducks
Great Egrets
Great-blue heron
Turtles
Muskrat
Water snake
Deer
Dragonfly

Patty McKelvey
Sheffield Village
Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would I fly away and be at rest.

P.S. Nice to see you Jeanne!

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