Sunday, April 5th, 2015

Today I set out at about 10:00 AM, it's the weekend and a holiday, so I didn't feel that bad starting a little late. I walked along Newton to the Nature Preserve and down to the lake. The beach was considerably narrower than I remembered with quite a few new trees as well as a few that have fallen over. From the Preserve I walked north to Atwater Beach where I climbed the bluff to Lake Drive. There were quite a few red-winged blackbirds chirping away and it was nice to hear them again.

Atwater Park lamp post this morning

I then decided to walk to the corner of Oakland and Kenmore to retrieve the wren I'd found in front of the LightHorse's main entrance. From there I walked to the High School and found three more window strike birds, another wren and two Golden-crowned kinglets, which I also collected and documented.

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It's rather sad, but at the same time it is so fascinating to see them up-close. Tomorrow I'm going to attempt to head out a bit earlier.