The small, active Yellow-rumped Warbler is our most abundant winter warbler. It flits energetically through the tree canopy and shrubs throughout the Urban Forest from October to April when it then migrates north to coniferous forests in higher elevations to breed in spring and summer months. True to its name, this warbler always shows a [...]
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 [...]
Each day throughout the year, observant visitors to the Urban Forest and its surrounding gardens are treated to the fascinating spectacle of tiny dynamic aerialists that suddenly appear as hovering iridescent jewels as they dart from blossom to blossom, urgently seeking and sipping life-sustaining nectar. Two species of hummingbirds make this park their year-round home. [...]
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 [...]
This fierce, locally common raptor is known by many different names throughout North America, including the chicken hawk, striker, and flying cross. It is a crow-sized hawk. It is often identified by its proportionally large flat head, long and banded tail feathers, and fierce hunting habits under the canopy of wooded forests where they use [...]
