2/15 and 2/16 Red Rocks Park in South Burlington Vermont
I visited Red Rocks on February 15th and 16th. On the 15th, I visited the park around 8 in the morning and it was about 30 degrees Fahrenheit. During my trip I heard Black-capped Chickadees and White-breasted Nuthatches. They were hard to see so I wasn’t able to get a picture, but I was able to get a recording of the Black-capped Chickadees. These birds were located on the top of trees that surrounded a clearing at the park.
On the 16th, I attended the park at 11 am and it was 40 degrees Fahrenheit this time. Along with the warmer weather it was also raining just a bit. Once again, I heard the Black-capped Chickadees and White-breasted Nuthatches along the edges of the forest. While walking past the lake, I saw some Common Goldeneye Ducks sitting in groups. Walking into a deeper part of the woods surrounding the park I heard and saw an American Crow flying above me.
One difference in flight that I saw was between the Black-capped Chickadee and the American Crow. The Black-capped Chickadee didn’t spend much time in the air. They liked to fly back and forth small distances to other tree branches. Their flight pattern is more quick bouncy movements. The American Raven seemed to be able to travel a longer distance by soaring rather than needing to flap their wings every time. While the Black-capped Chickadee flapped their wings fast, the American Crow has slower wing flaps.
