A Lot of Birding Going on In Luria Park

On Saturday morning, April 29th, Dan and I walked the boardwalk at Luria Park just off the footpath and up to the first (smaller) bridge. We didn't go much farther than that as we were content to observe all of the migrating birds in that small area. The tree canopy was nearly full which provided a cool shade from the climbing temperatures and sunshine.

We saw several birds for the first time in the park!

This is the Northern Waterthrush. He likes to forage on the damp ground, and in between was singing his little heart out. Notice the bold eye stripe and longer legs compared to his rotund body shape.

Here is the Ovenbird, so named because of the dome shape of their nests on the forest floor. He has a large eye with bold white monocle. He forages on the forest floor, strutting like a little chicken in the leaves.

What got us really excited was this bird singing up in the tree canopy between earnest foraging under the leaves: the Blue-winged Warbler. Notice his small dark black "mask" and dangerously sharp beak. He also has two white wing bars on his blue-grey wings.

There are so many birds migrating to and through our neighborhood and park, so please go out and look. Binoculars will certainly help you study the details especially of the birds that are up high! Happy Spring!

FYI: Dan and I are happy to host another mid-May late afternoon mid-week Luria Park birding walk. We had such a great time last year and saw so many birds, that we thought it would be fun to do that again this year. Stay tuned for the day and time!