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October 2005
Fourteen participants enjoyed a nice fall day of birding that began at 8:30 at Jesse H. Jones Park. We walked the Cypress Boardwalk Trail and eventually wound our way back to Spring Creek were a Bald Eagle had been reported a week earlier. Unfortunately we were not able to relocate the Eagle but all participants were treated to good looks at Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Pileated Woodpeckers, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers, Eastern Phoebes, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Belted Kingfisher, and a Brown Thrasher to name a few. We enjoyed a picnic lunch at Jones State Forest around the Mid Lakes Recreation Area. After the picnic lunch we drove over to the Sweatleaf Nature trail to begin in earnest our search for the Red-cockaded Woodpecker and after fanning out near one of the colonies and waiting for about 15-20 minutes a Red-cockaded Woodpecker graced us with its presence. About 10 minutes later a second one was spotted and all participants got good looks at one of two Red-cockaded Woodpeckers. The only miss for the trip was the Brown-headed Nuthatch. It was a very nice trip. Very agreeable weather and a good time had by all participants. For the trip we totaled about 40 birds.
Participants: Patsy Lawrence, Layton Guinn, Robin Leonard, John Schneider, Lynn Murphy, Carole Frascella, Pam Gaines, Claire Moore, Jim and Betsy Winn, Cindy Douglas, Nancy Hannan, and Kay Piper.
~Adam Wood, Field Trip Coordinator, birdman_570@yahoo.com, 713-515-1692
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