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June 22nd, 2008 — Bird Study
On Saturday June 21st I went to Deer Run Forest Preserve to do another prairie study. The first thing I noticed was that some of the prairie was mowed. Sadly I found a part of a bird nest.
Last week at the bird field trip some people found a type of knapweed that is really invasive. I think that’s why they mowed it. Where it wasn’t mowed, I found Purple Coneflowers.
Purple Coneflowers where they didn’t mow - Birdfreak
The next thing I noticed was a stack of boxes for bees. I saw bees coming in and out of the bottom. I am going to find out why they are at this forest preserve.
Bee boxes - Birdfreak
I didn’t see any new birds on the survey, but my uncle helped me identify a butterfly we found, a Great Spangled Fritillary. It was a wonderful day and the weather was really great.
Great Spangled Fritallary - Birdfreak
June 14th, 2008 — Bird Study
Deer Run Forest Preserve - Birdfreak
Today we went to Deer Run Forest Preserve for an NCIOS field trip. Our leader was Jack Armstrong. We saw a lot of cool birds. One of the coolest birds we saw today was a Henslow’s Sparrow in the SCOPE! It is lucky to just plain see it but in the scope, that is even cooler! I love its beautiful call that sounds like a hiccup.
Henslow’s Sparrow - Birdfreak
We also saw a family of Lark Sparrow’s. The babies were really cute. A Red-tail Hawk called and it sounded really neat. We saw Eastern Bluebirds fighting over a nest box with some Tree Swallows.
Here are some more highlights we saw at Deer Run Forest Preserve:
- Dickcissel
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Field Sparrow
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Indigo Bunting
- Brown Thrasher
- Turkey Vulture
- Song Sparrow
- Willow Flycatcher
- American Redstart
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Killdeer
