Along Old Cedar Bluff Trail, between the first, stepped, boardwalk and the second boardwalk, there were multiple brown creeper voices. Aside from the red-winged blackbirds and grackles and one great blue heron, no other recent arrivals were in evidence.
However, there were (FOY for me) clouds of tiny, flying insects around the boardwalks, including the one out to the platform---reassurance that there is indeed live food for the weary travelers, despite some snow cover remaining. At Bass Ponds, there was a song sparrow singing vigorously from the wetland thicket east of the stream. While I was perusing the river there, a barred owl chimed in. The river had a variety of recently arrived waterfowl, including woodies, mergansers, shovelers and blue-winged teal. Its mudflats are extensive and easily visible, though I hadn't thought of hauling in the scope to search for shorebirds.There was one close pass by an immature eagle, and one distant one by what might have been a harrier, over the marsh on the opposite bank. Linda Whyte -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080401/16f8cff8/attachment.html
