Field Ornithology - Journal #2

Today, on May 19th 2020, I went to the Catamount Outdoor Family Center in Williston, Vermont. I hopped in my car and drove 15 minutes to this location after our morning meeting ended around 6:20 am. Here, I met my friend Taylor for a morning of birding. I arrived around 6:35 am and was walking around the trails at this location until 12 in the afternoon. Upon arrival, it was in the low 40's and felt very cold. However, the day quickly warmed up and allowed me to take off several layers around 10 am. From this point on, it was extremely sunny and in the mid 60's. Although the sun was keeping me warm, there was occasionally some northwest wind blowing around 10 mph that allowed for a little chilliness. The parking lot that I pulled into provided many different trails in the surrounding area. These trails provided habitat that included shrubby bushes that lined the perimeter of open areas, and a lot of shrubby vegetation and bare trees that were scattered throughout these open areas. A few of the trails led to a denser coniferous forest that surrounded me on either side and made it difficult to find birds that were hiding. Additionally, there were also some areas that had small ponds and provided wetland and marsh-like habitat. The entire outdoor area was relatively flat and provided few inclines and hills. Overall, the Catamount Outdoor Family Center gave me access to see a lot of shrubland and grassland birds that I had never been introduced to before. This is definitely a location that I will be coming back to in the near future.

Publicado el 19 de mayo de 2020 a las 08:52 PM por g_underhill