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Posted by Angel & Mariel on 21:04:08 07/12/08
This morning we arrived at Kendall Indian Hammocks Park in hopes to finally add the Carolina Chickadee to our county list. This would be our fourth try this week. We scouted the park for about 45 minutes from East to West and back to East when we spotted Jeanette nearby the Oak Tree area where we had seen the Townsend's Warbler last year. She was headed back towards the parking lot and pointed in the direction she had last seen the CACH fly off towards which was East. We spent a few minutes looking for movement in the surrounding tree tops when we finally spotted the Carolina Chickadee! It was absolutely stunning! Shortly afterwards it began calling as it fluttered about the tree tops gathering insects off the leaves and occasionally stopping to preen itself. It definitely moved around quite a bit from Oak to Oak as we followed capturing it on video and photographing it. It really was amazing to get such incredible views of the Carolina Chickadee for quite sometime we enjoyed it's company.
A while later Dee showed up in search of the same target bird and we happily showed her where it was foraging at the moment. We continued following it East as it flew from Oak Tree to Oak Tree. Sometime later Jocelyn and Gary arrived in search of the CACH and we gladly showed them where it was fluttering about before they headed off to scout the hammocks trail in search of anything else interesting. We enjoyed the company of the Carolina Chickadee for about an hour. It is always exciting to get a year bird and add a new species to our county list. We celebrated with a Dogfish Head World Wide Stout.
Also while at the park this morning we observed:
2 White-crowned Pigeon, 1 Chimney Swift, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Loggerhead Shrike, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Northern Cardinal, Boat-tailed Grackle, Mourning Dove, Eurasian Collared-Dove and European Starling.
Nature is Awesome
Angel & Mariel
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