{"id":52083,"date":"2013-11-07T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=8032fb67284b1e39426a31f6b016dccf"},"modified":"2024-06-17T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T13:21:08","slug":"mead-gardens-10262013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/mead-gardens-10262013\/","title":{"rendered":"Mead Gardens, 10\/26\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mead Gardens has been exceptionally slow all fall with very few warblers stopping by. But I still like to visit from time to time, especially during the Orange Adubon Society Birdwalks. So yesterday morning I joined the group that was there and had a great time. The biggest highlight was seeing a couple Red-headed Woodpeckers.<\/p>\n

These are the first I’ve seen in the park; they’ve been here for a couple weeks now–extremely unusual for this species. At least one of them has excavated a hole in the park, and we watched it actively gathering acorns and caching them away.<\/p>\n

Hopefully that means it’s planning to stick around for a while. In all we found six species of woodpecker on the property: Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, and Pileated Woodpecker.<\/p>\n

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Red-headed Woodpecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Red-headed Woodpecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also had many House Wrens and a Scarlet Tanager. Warblers were tougher to come by, but we had several Palm Warblers, a Black and White Warbler, Pine Warblers, my first fall Yellow-rumped Warbler (ugh), and a Northern Parula. I also found my first Savannah Sparrow in the park.<\/p>\n

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House Wren Calling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also around the park it was fun to see a Green Darner, a Monarch Butterfly, and a turtle. The head of this turtle appears to be all black, so I’m not sure of it ID yet. Right now I’m guessing a musk turtle, but I’m not sure.<\/p>\n

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Green Darner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Monarch Butterfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Turtle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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