Field Ornithology FJ2

Date: May 25, 2021
Start time/ End time: 6:45-12:30
Location: Edgewood Oak Brush Plains Preserve
Weather: 65º clear skies, 10mph wind
Habitat: Grassland/ Shrubland
Species Sighted: 22 total species
Red-winged Blackbird
House Sparrow
American Robin
Yellow Warbler
Downy Woodpecker
Mourning Dove
Cedar Waxwing
Gray Catbird
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Black-capped Chickadee
Blue Jay
Oven Bird
Chipping Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole
Canada goose
Red-eyed Vireo
American Goldfinch

I really enjoyed Edgewood Oak Brush preserve! There was a large cleared grassland area which I spend my first hour exploring, I saw a lot of Cedar Waxwings, American Robins and Gray Catbirds in the grass. Then I moved over to the shrub-land area of the preserve, I spend a shorter amount of time here because there weren’t any trails so I could only look into the shrubs, but I saw a good amount of species here. Then I went over to he more wooded areas with trails and spent the last few hours exploring.

I used to live a town over from this preserve and never knew about it, so I was super excited to check t out and it didn’t disappoint. I was seeing a lot of hatchlings on yesterdays birding adventure so I was hyping to see some nesting activity, but I didn’t see much, possibly too heavily trafficked by bikers and joggers.

Also there were a ton of rabbits and snakes which was exciting!

Posted on May 25, 2021 11:18 PM by hannahleddy