Saturday, June 29, 2024
Bird Walk at Hudson Gardens with Ruth Gabreski
This morning was almost perfect weather in Hudson Gardens, low 60’s and all the Bunnies were nibbling on cool grass. Several geese were flying overhead, along with Double-crested Cormorants.
Moving along through crabapple trees, crossing the bridge along the South Platte, we watched Mallards in the river and heard the Song Sparrows, Yellow Warblers, and Northern Flickers, and the Blue Jays singing away. A Gray Catbird was in great view in a riparian area close to the golf course, along with flocks of Cedar Waxwings foraging on berries.
Hudson Gardens has beautiful water gardens to view, with stunning large lily pads now in bloom. Dragonflies were abundant, catching insects in the air. These dragonflies can judge their speed and adjust their flight to intercept their prey of gnats, mosquitoes and small bugs. Like our birds, dragonflies control populations of our pest insects like our mosquitoes. It’s worth a walk through Hudson Gardens to view not only varieties of flowers, but many species of birds and insects that thrive there.
Mourning Dove 4
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Northern Flicker 5
Warbling Vireo (heard)
American Crow 3
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Tree Swallow 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 6
Gray Catbird 2
American Robin 8
Cedar Waxwing 5
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 2
Song Sparrow 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Yellow Warbler 8
Mallard 6
Blue Jay 2
Black-crowned Night Heron 1
23 Species
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