I have not walked in or written about this site in quite some time. It is really my “home park” here in Greenville, NC, and is the place where I really discovered the joy of birding in this part of the country. For several years I walked here daily and learned about birding from one of the best birders I have ever met, Howard Vainright, who at that time was the Director of the park. When Howard retired from this position, my birding interests expanded to other venues. But i always come back here to my “home base”. Last week we actually had a few days of cooler weather, and I decided to return once more to the comfort and familiarity of the park. I spent a couple of hours on two mornings here and was pleased to find many of the old species still around. I had hoped to find an early migrating warbler, but I don’t think they are on the move quite yet.I was glad to see that the two sentinels of the park, Great blue Herons and Great Egrets were still at their lookout posts. There was a Kingfisher, several Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Robins, Cardinals, Orchard Orioles, Kingbirds, Blue Grosbeaks, a swarm of Mockingbirds, Pileated Woodpecker, Wood Duck, and many butterflies and dragonflies, as well as several fall flowers starting to bloom. The early morning cool temperatures were a delight and I enjoyed this “homecoming” very much! I have heard that the park managers are planning a series of upgrades aimed at improving the habitat to promote its attracting a broader diversity of wildlife, I look forward to more days of photographing the critters who roam here and can’t wait for the fall warbler migration which should be underway in the next few weeks. For a full description of this site, please click on this link. For photos taken on the two days, see the gallery below.
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