Nesting Time! by Robert

If you’re a bird just arriving now you’re almost late for finding or building a nest along the river banks at SLP and some species have chicks already! It’s been a warm sunny spring and many birds are fortunate to find older trees that already have nest holes, so come up and take a hike to see them and wish them well! It’s amazing to know how many insects are eaten, (especially mosquitos) by small birds such as the Tree Swallow below.

Tree Swallow

House Wren

Tree swallow in nest

Rough winged swallow

​This broad winged, short tailed Northern Rough-winged Swallow, is not so common here but we’ve seen them nest in holes in sandbanks and crevices of walls along the river. They visit us from February through mid September.

​This Canada Goose couple already has six chicks and dad watched me closely to make sure
I was not going to interfere as mom lead then uphill to nibble on grass.

Fluffy now but feathers will come soon.

This Tree Swallow was busy gathering and filling their nest with a variety of grass and plant fibers.

Owl's Clover

It’s wonderful to see such a variety of colors, sizes and shapes.

Tidy Tips

You can’t miss all the colorful wildflowers that line much of the bike trail.

​Enjoy your visit!

Robert