It's Easter (or Spring) break now, and typically that means I use the week to catch up on work and projects at home that need to be done. Today my brother and I took a break from work to spend a few hours at Caswell State Park, located in the central valley of California. This beautiful forest is lush and green and runs along the Stanislaus River. It's what is known as a riparian woodland, which just means it's the lush green woods typically found around a body of water, like the Stanislaus River.
Here's a copy of their brochure, for more information:
http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/557/files/CaswellMemorialbrochure.pdf
We saw some amazing birds today. Unfortunately I was unable to get good pictures of the birds with my personal camera. I will list the birds I saw and suggest that you look up the birds on the Audubon website: www.audubon.org
Here's the list:
Spotted Towhee
White-Crowned Sparrow
Bank Swallow
Wood Duck
Great Blue Heron - white morph
Belted Kingfisher
Swainson's Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
White Breasted Nuthatch
Black Phoebe
Nuttall's Woodpecker
American Crow
Western Bluebird
Western Scrub Jay
Marsh Wren
I was definitely most excited about the Heron and the Kingfisher. They were very hard to spot and very shy. Almost as soon as we found them, they would take off and hide again. The hawk was amazing, too. It was quite close and screamed several times. I hope you look up pictures of these birds, and perhaps next time I will have pictures of my own to show you!
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