Monday, April 6, 2009

Tryon creek state park.

Today we went to Tryon creek state park to look at trillium's.


Some red flowering currents.

An owl box for northern saw-whet owls.

A trillium.

More trillium's.

What are these?

A female hairy woodpecker!



It sure is trillium season!








Thought this would be a pretty picture.

A huge slug.

We had never seen these before! They look cool!


Bird list for the trip,
  • Hairy woodpecker
  • Ruby crowned kinglet
  • Steller's jay
  • Western scrub jay
  • Black capped chickadee
  • Winter wren
  • Spotted towhee
  • Song sparrow
  • Annas hummingbird (heard)
  • Rufous hummingbird (heard)
  • Red breasted nuthatch (heard)

3 comments:

NW Nature Nut said...

Hi Conner: Love all the flower photos this time! Have you seen this blog: http://birdlovers101.blogspot.com/
I think you might enjoy it.

Also, have you heard about Audubon's Birdathon? I signed up to be on Laura's halfday trip and thought you might want to check it out. It's at Oaks Bottom on May 3. This is a great fundraiser to participate in.

Beverly said...

Hey Conner...yet another lovely post! Thanks.

Oh, and I remember those slugs when I was a kid in California; we called them Banana slugs:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=banana+slug&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=

Jann said...

The yellow flower is a yellow wood violet, at least here in South Dakota! Great photos!