29 July 2024
The day gone by there have been simply 4 folks at the stroll at Decrease Frick Park. Charity Kheshgi took the image so she’s now not in it.
Of all of the issues we noticed, a stunning collection of them had been blue. Chickory used to be simply opening within the morning solar. We noticed and heard two indigo buntings.
Ebony jewelwing damselflies had been dating above the creek. The feminine jewelwings seemed blueish.
The men glowed iridescent emerald inexperienced.
Highest Insect Experiment:
- At the manner upstream I discovered two funnel spider webs hiding at the back of the boardwalk railing. Now not a really perfect image however it displays the opening the place the spider is hiding. I’ve by no means been in a position to idiot a spider by way of touching its web so I didn’t even check out.
- At the long ago we noticed crimson nymph noticed lanternflies. After all this invasive insect is expendable so … Would the spider pop out if we dropped one on his web? Certainly he did and he used to be rapid! He zipped out, stung(?) the nymph, concealed for a second after which raced out and carried the nymph again to his lair.
Highest Fowl: At the similar time out a yr in the past we noticed one yellow-billed cuckoo by way of the creek. The day gone by we heard two however didn’t see them. If I had to select a Highest Fowl I’d say it used to be both an indigo bunting or scarlet tanager.
Our tick list is underneath. View it on-line right here: https://ebird.org/tick list/S189301480
Frick Park–9 Mile Run, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Jul 28, 2024 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
1.7 miles, 23 species, 4 individuals
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) 2 Heard
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Japanese Wooden-Pewee (Contopus virens) 1
Japanese Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1
Crimson-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 3
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 4
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 4
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 6
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 5
Eu Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 15
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 3
Area Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 5
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
Tune Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
Crimson-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 1
Commonplace Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) 1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 4
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 2
(pictures by way of Kate St. John, Charity Kheshgi and John Dzikiy)