The Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge hosted the Spring Bird Tour on Saturday, April 18. We met at 8:00 am at the Old School House. Barb Kull led our group. She has been a volunteer at the Refuge for many years. I found a cool article about her on the Princeton Union Eagle website. She had tons of stories and facts about the birds, like how the parent birds taught the call to their “kids.”
We stopped first at Old School House Pool. We saw and listened to an Eastern Meadowlark. We went to the wetland area on the west side of County Road 5 where we saw several Ringneck and Bufflehead ducks. We then went through the Wildlife Drive together. There were some very knowledgeable people and they were very helpful in explaining the different aspects of bird watching. I am new to this, so I had a lot of questions about the best equipment, what to look for, best bird guides and what calls the birds make. Here are some of the pictures I took. Click on each photo to view a larger size:
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- Female Yellow-rumped Warbler
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- Bird Watching at Old School Pool
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- Male Sandhill Flying Behind His Female
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- Barb Kull
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- Male Yellow-rumped Warbler
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- Northern Flicker
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- Sandhill Crane
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- Perched Northern Flicker
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- Sherburne Refuge Spring Bird Tour Group
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- Juvenile Bald Eagle
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- Ringnecked Ducks – Male and Female
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Eagle Nest by Stickney Pool
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- Flying Red-winged Blackbird
The next event will be Migratory Bird Day at 7 am and 8:30 am on May 9, 2009.
See the Friends of the Sherburne NWR site at: http://www.exploresherburne.org for more information.
