Field Orno Waterbirds- Fannie Stebens Wildlife Refuge

For our "Waterbirds" day in Field Ornithology (May 18, 2020) I visited Fannie Stebens Wildlife Refuge. I arrived at 7:30 and left at 12:15. It was overcast and around 60 degrees F all day. At first I walked and looked for birds along the edge of the wetland on the suburban road to get to the trail. I then entered the refuge, where the primary habitat was wetland. Some microhabitats were very like grassland, but were on a floodplain and consisted of wetland vegetation. After finishing a loop in the refuge I again walked along the more suburban edge to a group of large ponds where the herons and cormorants were found. After reaching a pier and seeing a marked osprey nest on a platform (which didn't appear to be active) I walked back down the wetland edge and left.

Posted on 19 de maio de 2020, 12:33 AM by jrose489