The first session of summer camp at the Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest is half 
completed! Banded birds, learned the 6 Ss of bird identification, walked the boardwalk (saw Prothonotary Warblers, snapping turtle, fawn, several Barred Owls, cottonmouth, bowfin, longnose gar, yellow-bellied slider laying eggs, and Yellow-crowned Night Heron gorging on crayfish), and made Prothonotary Warbler nest boxes for next spring's Project PROTHO restoration project! Insect studies, bird house building, Jeopardy!, and the end-of-week birdathon are still to come!
completed! Banded birds, learned the 6 Ss of bird identification, walked the boardwalk (saw Prothonotary Warblers, snapping turtle, fawn, several Barred Owls, cottonmouth, bowfin, longnose gar, yellow-bellied slider laying eggs, and Yellow-crowned Night Heron gorging on crayfish), and made Prothonotary Warbler nest boxes for next spring's Project PROTHO restoration project! Insect studies, bird house building, Jeopardy!, and the end-of-week birdathon are still to come!Releasing a Swainson's Warbler
Here are a few shots of the action so far:
Building nest boxes
Barred Owl
Eastern Box Turtle
Images by Mark Musselman
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