Nature sightings (March-April)

4/29
Birds around PEEC:
Yellow warbler
Hooded warbler
Yellow rumped warbler
Pine warbler
Ovenbird
Northern parula
Broad winged hawk
Red-shouldered hawk
Tufted titmouse
Robin
Rufus-sided towee
Cardinal
Crow
Raven
Bald Eagle
Dark-eyed junco
Chickadee

4/26

Rose-breasted grosbeak (in photo on left)
Rufus-sided towee
Yellow warbler (in photo on right)
Robin
Tree swallow
Purple finch
Red-wing blackbird
Cowbird
Goldfinch
Broad winged hawk
Baltimore oriole

4/25

Trip to Big Egypt rd:

Brown thrasher
Robin
Canada geese
Great blue heron
Common grackle
Boat-tailed grackle
Belted kingfisher
Bald eagle
Chipping sparrow
Rufus-sided towee

Gray tree frogs calling in trees
American toad
Pickerel frog
Northern water snake

Wildflower walk (with Justin)
Rue Anenome
Hepatica
Yellow violet
Trout lily
Partridge berry
Shadbush
Trailing arbutus
Blueberry
Cypress spurge
Columbine
Dandelion
Violet
Daffodil
Grape hyacinth
Bluet
Crocus
Coltsfoot

4/23
Solitary vireo
black capped chickadee
cowbird
red-shouldered hawk
crow
pine warbler
turkey vulture
goldfinch
cardinal
robin
mallard duck
chipping sparrow

4/22
Happy Earth Day!
1st bear reported by PEEC instructor (HT) on RT 209

Flowers:
Spurge
Dutchman's breeches
Trout lily
Spicebush
Purple dead nettle
Bedstraw
Trailing arbutus
Trillium
Serviceberry (shadbush)

4/15
Bird feeder:
Dark-eyed junco
pine siskin
house finch
tufted titmouse
robin
brown-headed cowbird
chipping sparrow

4/12
Salamander egg search:
-80 + spotted salamander egg masses
-40 wood frog egg masses

Marbled salamander
Spotted salamander
4 toed salamander
red backed salamander
Red eft

4/10
Gray Fox spotted on PEEC campus
Red shouldered hawk bringing food to mate sitting on nest
Common mergansers on front pond

Birds around PEEC today:
-Pine warblers
-Purple finch
-Robin
-Tree swallow
-Red shouldered hawk
-Turkey vulture
-House finch
-Raven
-Crow
-Pine siskin
-chickadee
-Brown headed cowbird
-Wood duck
-Mallard
-Northern flicker
-Tufted titmouse
-Pileated woodpecker

4/5
Red shouldered hawk sitting on nest!

4/2
First tree swallow of the year!
Red shouldered hawk grabbed a red squirrel

3/28
Scenic Gorge and Rigdeline hike
-Roughed grouse drumming
-Great horned owl flying through woods
-White-winged crossbills
-Spring peepers in vernal pool on Ridgeline trail
-Wood frogs in vernal pool on Ridgeline trail
Wood frogs getting LOUD in vernal pool on Fossil Trail
Red shouldered hawk not sitting on nest yet, but nest guarding behavior taking place.

3/27
More eastern phoebes than I can count!
Beaver spotted in front pond.
Red shouldered hawks land at nest sight

3/26
Wood frogs calling in Fossil Trail vernal pool
Spring peepers calling in Nature Lodge Ponds

3/25
For the second time this week, we had eastern phoebes around the main building.
Woodcock walk:
-5 woodcock calling, fantastic look at one 30 feet away doing courtship flights
-Coyotes calling in the distance
-One winnie from a barred owl
-Kingfisher
-2 beavers
-Found bear den

Welcome everyone to PEEC's new nature blog where you can keep up on the nature world at one of you favorite places.

Starting today I will be posting a list of things seen at PEEC and/or tell stories about things that happened here.

The posts will be updated at least once per week, sometimes more.