My Rhode Island Trip - Day Two

On day two (July 27), we visited Presque Isle State Park and saw a really cool lighthouse. This was in Erie, Pennsylvania.

photo by Birdfreak

We left Erie, Pennsylvania and headed to Allegany State Park where Mon@rch (Tom) lives. Tom is cool and really smart. We met in the parking lot and went for a short hike to look for Prairie Warblers.

We didn’t find any Prairie Warblers but it was fun. We went to the park station to check it out. Then I got the chance to do something very exciting! I got to help Tom band five baby Eastern Bluebirds!! I took them out of the box, and even got to put a band on one of them. One baby pooped in my hand.

Mon@rch helping me band baby Eastern Bluebirds - photo by Birdfreak

I learned how to tell male and female babies apart by looking at the color of their wings. I found out that if the color is in between you record a U which means you can’t tell if it is male or female.

Baby Eastern Bluebird - photo by Birdfreak

Tom then took us to Thunder Rocks. The rocks were huge and fun to climb around on. One was in the shape of a dinosaur’s head and tried to eat me.

Photo by Birdfreak

Tom asked a guy to take a photo of us all together. It was a great way to end our visit, which was too short. I liked hanging out with Mon@rch and we all had the best time.

Eddie, Grandpa, Mon@rch (Tom) and Me