Yellow warbler- Passeriformes Parulidae- I was walking down to lower Ravena when I saw this bird, saw it on a tree and it quickly flew away but this is my best guess of what it was. It was near the top of a tall shrub, and first it quickly hoped along a branch and darted off.
I watched a Anna's Hummingbird for a while at Ravena, it was mostly perched on top of this tree and just sat there, it seemed very aware of everything that was going on. It was perched on a smaller maple tree. it had a straight bill and long slopping forehead. I know it was a male because it had a bright iridecent red color. When it finally took of it flew so fast it was hard to follow, it didnt fly in a straight line it flew in a wavy loopy way. It didnt seem very social, all the times I have seen them they have been alone perched on a branch.
This is a really far away picture of a crow- I had a really hard time identifying birds today because these two crows were attacking and making all of these loud noises and I think it scared a lot of the other birds off. I am not sure exactly what they were doing, but it a bird sound sense they were screaming. They seemed angry at each other and I spent most of my time watching them. The sun was going down and most of the noise that I could hear near my sight was these two crows. Crows and Ravens are apart of the same Corvid family and are considered some of the most adaptable and intelligent birds, they have black coloring and are highly social behavior. They have nests that are usually up high in trees and I was not able to identify any nests, but they seemed to be communicating between each other. I thought it was very hard to identify any birds because most of the birds were not near by and although I had a monocular I still had a very hard time following any of the birds. It was very frustrating- it was also hard because so many people were walking along the trail and I believe that was disturbing many of the birds that I could have seen. They seemed to be very high up in the trees so it was very hard to see them.
Raspberries - These just recently bloomed and this is the first time I have seen them. The horse tails have also grown to almost my waist
I also found these Snowberries which I had not noticed until this week, there were not very many of them, and they were in a small area. They still do not have the small white flowers there are suppose to have. This is an important winter food source for many different birds.
English Ivy- European colonists introduced English Ivy as early as 1720's. It was widely planted for its evergreen foliage and dependability as a year round ground cover. This plant has infested many landscapes, parks and ecosystems. It is an aggressive invader and threatens all vegetations levels of the forests, all the way to the top of the forest canopy!
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