Bird Survey – February 2023
This month’s bird survey was cancelled due to rain [...]
Bird Survey – January 2023
The survey was cancelled due to high winds but Lena Hayashi, Betty Kanne, and Jim Currie braved the 17 and 22 mph bursts to do the best they could. The wind acted like a giant leaf blower and blew all the fallen leaves out from under the trees and bushes! Other than the flock of Western [...]
Bird Survey – December 2022
There is no bird survey in December because the count will take place during the annual bird count in early January! [...]
Bird Survey – November 2023
Thanksgiving Day and this marks the third anniversary of bird surveys at the Urban Forest! It started as a beautiful, calm, and sunny morning with temperatures in the 60s. Betty Kanne, the spark that initiated these surveys, as usual was kind enough to record the eBird list and Jim Kendall came with his camera. Jim [...]
Bird Survey – October 2022
It was a beautiful day. Sunny, clear, and calm with temperatures in the mid 60’s to begin and 70 at the end! Surveyors this morning were Lena Hayashi, Betty Kanne (eBirder), Ellen Tipping, Jim Kendall, Dave and Sharon Telford, and welcomed Cheryl Searcy, a first timer at UF. The highlight was the Western Meadowlarks in [...]