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Carden Alvar 2016 |
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27 May and OFO
trip on 29 May 2016 |
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Upland Sandpiper on hydro pole suggests
its young have hatched and are walking about in the grass. Upland
Sandpipers perch on taller objects to watch over them. 27 May 2016.
On the OFO trip, an Upland Sandpiper flew about in front of us,
perched on a stalk, then perched on top of a hawthorn bush, giving
everyone great looks. |
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Wilson's Snipe on
fence post. 27 May 2016 |
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Clay-colored Sparrow.
On the OFO trip this sparrow sat up and sang and sang for us. |
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On the morning of the
OFO trip on 29 May we watched several Sedge Wrens in the Sedge Wren
Marsh on Wylie Road. |
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Click photos or link
for video
of Sedge Wren and Marsh Wren on the OFO trip. Ron Tozer comments
on the video sound track. |
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In the afternoon,
Marsh Wrens sang at the large Prospect Road Marsh |
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Eastern Towhee singing its distinctive
Drink your teeeeeea song on 27 May 2016. |
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Please click link for
video of
Eastern Towhee on Wylie Road |
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OFO Group |
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OFO group on Wylie Road and free-range
cattle, which are essential to maintaining the alvar grasslands.
Their roaming and uneven grazing keeps the grass at a perfect height
for Loggerhead Shrikes, Upland Sandpipers and other grassland birds
preferring short grass. I love this photo by Don Panko because it
captures the essence of the Carden Alvar, the open grasslands,
cattle and OFO members enjoying this amazing place. 29 May 2016. |
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OFO group at our last
stop at the south marsh on Prospect Road. 29 May 2016 |
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Now go to Carden Alvar Page 2 |
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