PEACHFRONT SPEAKS

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fountainebleau state park, our first visit since katrina 2007-04-01 - 10:44 a.m. DH and I took a short bird walk this morning at Fountainebleau State Park. It's the first time we've been back to the old stomping grounds since Katrina. The damage is considerable -- sawed-off stumps everywhere, trees visibly missing everywhere, the old sugar mill blocked off, the entire lakefront blocked off. And, of course, as you can see from the picture above, there is only a couple, three yards left of the old marsh boardwalk. So we couldn't really get into the marsh or anywhere near the lake to bird. I probably heard Red-Headed Woodpecker, Wood Thrush, and Northern Parula, but I haven't been studying my bird tapes lately, and I don't feel like doing a "heard only" list for those birds. Actually, I'm pretty sure I caught a teeny tiny glimpse of the thrush, but again it just wasn't enough, so I'm not counting it. Best bird of the day was the Pileated Woodpecker who hung out for a long time exploring very low portions of trees in the parking lot. He even got down on the ground and hammered enthusiastically at the roots of the trees. We had great views, but while he didn't mind binoculars, he seemed camera shy and took off just out of range each time I raised the camera. Maybe he'd encountered cameras before and was afraid of being flashed? We followed the sound of a mewing Gray Catbird until we found him in the brambles, we enjoyed the sight of a handsome Wood Duck pair perched on some bare branches, and we located a male Downy Woodpecker that was bashful at first but once we'd identified him then he gave up and showed himself well. We could hear Red-Bellied Woodpeckers just everywhere, and I had a good look at a hard-working male widening a nesthole. Here's the list: Great Egret Wood Duck Killdeer Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Kingbird Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Blue Jay Fish Crow European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Savannah Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird back - next All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2002-2017 by Elaine Radford