Birds | the Intown Hawk

Last month we did a post on Nesters on the Nature Trail and we hope you made it over to see all of the activity for yourself. If not, be sure to check it out since some of the nesting birds may have a second brood.

Bird ID cards & native bee poster on the Burke Road entrance notice board

ID cards and markers are now available to help you identify birds, native bees and trees and plants while you are there. Each card has a link to a web page with more information, and more ID cards will be added over time.

The trail is maintained and is currently being improved by volunteers. See our page on the Peachtree Park Nature Trail for contact information if you’d like to get involved.

There’s been much nesting activity in April, as there should be. Three of the four houses on the Peachtree Park Nature Trail have occupants and there is a Red-bellied Woodpecker pair nesting in a snag on the trail: (see the recent post Nesters on the Nature Trail). The bluebird house in the Darlington Road triangle is occupied, and Bluebirds are competing with Brown-headed Nuthatches for a box three houses down. Birds are nesting in shrubbery in multiple locations in our yard and Carolina Wrens in the oven vent. This is occurring all over the neighborhood, and most likely in your yard.

Also, Goldfinches descended in mass in the trees inback of us for several days and emptied the thistle feeders every day for a few days. The morning chorus at sunrise continues to be quite loud; some singers go on almost all day, like the Brown Thrasher below. It’s a great time of year.