I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE

Hello all, it’s Team Redwood here.  Since I last wrote, I haven’t found my binoculars, but I did find my bird book guide and I’ve been busy trying to identify the many birds that call Redwood National Park home.  Many different kinds of birds live here in the surroundings and within Redwood National Park and sometimes identifying them can be quite tricky as one needs a good set of binoculars, a good reference book and even then, sometimes, one needs an expert on hand to accurately identify the fluttering creatures.  Now, as I’m no expert, I’ve done my best to accurately identify just a few of the birds that I’ve seen out here at the Redwood Adventures Vacation Village and a few that I’ve seen in my travels out here to the village.  And as for the rest of the birds, I’ll let you come here and spot some for yourself.

The first bird I spotted here at the Vacation Village was a Great Blue Heron.  I was surprised to see it here as they tend to frequent marshes and swamps.  Nevertheless, he was here looking for food out in the ditch near the highway.  These birds are fairly easy to spot as they stand about 4’ tall when their long legs and long necks are stretched out.

The next birds spotted weren’t so easy to identify and I won’t be surprised if I’m off a bit in my judgment.  One morning lined up on the telephone wires were numerous swallows:  barn swallows, cliff swallows and a few purple martin swallows.  A little farther down the road we also saw a little white crowned sparrow and lastly we spotted some Great Egrets sharing the pasture with a few jersey cows.  The Great Egrets are also easy to spot as this bird stands about 38” tall and is pure white except for their yellow bills.

Yet another day we were able to spot a variety of ducks trolling about on our nearby waterways.  The Mallards are out in full force right now and I’m quite sure we also spotted a Merganser duck out with her little ones in tow.

Then just this morning I spotted a pair of Canada Geese floating about in one of the farmers fields.

Well that’s it for now.  I’m leaving it up to you all now to look up these birds I just mentioned to see what they look like so you know what to look for when you come and visit us here at Redwood Adventures Vacation Village located in the heart of Redwood National Park.

Teamredwood out,

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