First Monday of the Month Nature Walks: Our next Nature Walk will be on Monday, March 5 at 9 a.m., meeting at the Lower Suwannee Refuge Office on CR 347 south of Flowers Bluff.
For our last walk, on February 5, we had a lovely day so we drove the Nature Trail Loop to gate #14. There we parked and walked that trail. Very soon we had our first exciting sight of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet who was showing his ruby crown. Very often these tiny birds are seen flitting about but they don't always allow a glimpse of the bright red spot on their heads. There have been a lot of kinglets around this year, both this one and the Golden-crowned. As we are now getting into migration these little birds along with our other winter visitors are beginning to wend their way north. Right now we have flocks of birds around so this is a great time to get out, have a walk through a field or a woods or even down your own street and just notice the many birds that you see. Cedar Waxwings are an elegant bird that descends on bushes or trees with berries in huge flocks, gorges on the berries and flies to find another food source.
Besides the birds we saw many interesting plants on this trail that leads down to the Suwannee River. A blooming Spider Lily caught our eye as we got to the river. Many other plants were still in their more dormant state but promised great things as the weather warms up. I hope you can join us to see what other treasures we will uncover on our next walk on March 5th. Be sure to bring bug spray, sun screen and water. Call me if you need more information....
Joan Stephens 352-463-1095 or 352-538-4001. | 