Our last day on our trip I wanted to squeeze in a bit more looking around for birds. So first thing in the morning I got up and headed down to Reeds Lake to see what I could find. There were many birds around but not many within photo range. Several Redhead ducks and a common loon were some of the species of note, there were also 3 yellow warblers in the shrubs along the side of the lake. But this red winged black bird was the only one kind enough to pose.
At Blandford the previous day My Aunt and Uncle had found out about a few trails that they had never heard of before so we decide to go and check one of those out. The one we decided on was Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve as is often the case with areas called a bog, it turned out to be more of a fen but still a cool ecosystem to find in the south. Right away there were 2 Sandhill cranes out in the open one of which was doing the mating ritual "dance". There were also several eastern blue birds and tree swallow at nest boxes. It seemed as though they were still trying to work out who was going to get which nest box.
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| Eastern Bluebirds have increased in numbers of the past year because of man made nest boxes |
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| For the moment I think they figured it out |
After some more looking around we were able to find some warblers 1 yellow warbler and 1 palm warbler
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| Palm Warbler |
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| Yellow Warbler |
Once we had had our fill at Saul Lake it was time to make the long drive and head home. Thanks again to our gracious hosts for giving us a place to sleep and great food, it was great to see all of you again! Birding beats running any day I think :)
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