On Sunday morning 25 October 2020 three of us braved the suddenly cold weather and were rewarded with lots of birds and witch hazel in bloom.
Though we saw only 23 species bird activity was intense at the wetland near Panther Hollow Lake. A large flock of robins fed on fruit and bathed in the creek. White-throated sparrows poked through the underbrush, woodpeckers fed on fallen logs and ruby-crowned kinglets flitted in the trees. (Our eBird checklist is here.)
None of us had a camera so Joanne Tyzenhouse contributed this ruby-crowned kinglet photo she took in the spring.
Despite the cold weather I’m glad we went.
p.s. I forgot to take our picture so you will have to imagine what we looked like.
(photos by Kate St. John and Joanne Tyzenhouse)
Your reports from Schenley Park always take me back to the time I was at Pitt, and would take a break from studying to go walking, and sometimes ice skating, there. Good memories.
Thank you for your guidance and expertise at Schenley Park, Kate!
You’re welcome. It was fun.