Date - 5/25/21
Start time - 7:35 am
End time - 12:16 pm
Location - Charlotte Park and Wildlife Refuge
Weather (temperature, wind speed/direction, precipitation) - start: 59 F, 18 mph S, sunny with some clouds; end: 70 F, 18 mph S, mostly cloudy
Habitat(s) - I started out in a pretty dense wooded area with mostly hardwood deciduous trees and saw and heard Common Grackles, Common Yellowthroats, Brown Thrashers, American Robins, a Downy Woodpecker, and Northern Cardinals. As I continued down the main trail, the woods thinned out a bit and had occasional open spots. Here I found American Crows, Song Sparrows, Wood Thrushes, American Redstarts, and Gray Catbirds. Eventually I sat down at a bench in a large open clearing and found Black-capped Chickadees, Brown-headed Cowbirds, American Goldfinches, House Sparrows, and Red-winged Blackbirds. Eventually I came to a couple of very large open grassy fields, with a trail and small shrubby island between them. Here I saw and heard Northern Mockingbirds, a Red-tailed Hawk, Tufted Titmice, Turkey Vultures, a Field Sparrow, and Bobolinks.
A Fun Story: While I was sitting on a log in one of these open spots, I heard an American Redstart and decided to try to record it. As I was doing this, I happened to look down and hanging out next to me on the log was a redbelly snake. So now I have a very funny but very useless recording of me cursing and squealing as I run away. Obviously, I am not a huge snake fan (sorry Jim).
Mostly found singing at the tops of trees
I didn't see any of these but I heard them all over the shrubby area near the fields.
at least one individual singing near open area in shrubby area.
found throughout park in larger trees
Calling in shrubby area
Chased off by blackbirds in field
singing in shrubby area and flitting around in grassy field
incessant calling in shrubby hardwood area
heard calling near open clearing in the woods
One individual seen perched on top of hardwood tree
Lots of males spotting around field area and in grasses
At least five individuals flying around taller trees around fields
Seen soaring over farthest field, maybe hunting?
"Peter, peter, peter" song heard in shrubs near field
Both seen flying over farthest field
Heard calling around field and seen flitting in clearing in woods
Flying in between and perches on grasses in the fields
At least two heard singing in shrubby area
seen spiraling up hardwood tree in woods
Lots heard calling around field area, near shrubs between two fields
ID by sound, heard calling near denser wooded area
Lots of birds heard calling through shrubby/wooded area, one bird actually seen
Seen flying around grasses in farthest field
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