Audubon Community Nature Center Visit
Bob and I drove to our local Audubon Center, located in Jamestown NY, yesterday afternoon. We walked a little more than 2 miles. I surprised Bob when I chose to walk as far as we did. I surprised myself too!
If you click here, you will find a map of the trails at the Audubon Center. We began our walk on the blue Overlook Trail.
Leaving the Blue Heron Overlook we took a connecting trail to the yellow Big Pond Trail.
We took the yellow Big Pond Trail alongside the Bluebird Field.
What we didn’t see that I had hoped to see was a bluebird in the Bluebird Field.
We were about opposite the Blue Heron Overlook at this point.
A nearby plaque stated that “Rosanne Stark volunteered at Audubon Community Nature Center for many years. She initiated several projects here including a native plant garden. She was especially fond of crows and enjoyed feeding and observing their activities from her Ashville home.
Rose was also a passionate teacher. She was instrumental in inviting Audubon’s Naturlists into classrooms at Chautauqua Lake School, where she was fondly knows as “The Frog Lady”. Rose loved history. Her dedication, humor, and creativity captivated students and brought historical characters and scenarios to life.
Rose’s warmth and enthusiasm endeared her to family and friends. She will always be remembered as a creatively thoughtful person who made friends easily.
She loved to laugh. She loved to learn.”
Bob took a picture of me and the tree.
Soon we came to a bridge.
Soon after crossing over Hemlock Bridge, we walked the orange Spatterdock Trail that circles Spatterdock Pond. We made our way to a tower that looks out on Big Pond via Spatterdock and a connecting trail. We walked along the top end of Spatterdock Pond.
We have climbed this tower on past visits to the Audubon Center. We didn’t climb the tower yesterday, as I didn’t feel like doing steps.
Leaving the tower we used a connecting trail, Spatterdock Trail, and a small part of the Overlook Trail to make our way back to the parking lot.
No trip to the Audubon Center would be complete without visiting Liberty. So, we visited her enclosure on our way back to the parking lot.
Liberty can fly short distances inside her habitat.
A group of volunteers take good care of her.
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8 Responses to “Audubon Community Nature Center Visit”
Beautiful photos… I love traveling with you two… What a neat trail and area. You saw lots of birds… Liberty is a beauty…
Hugs,
Betsy
What a great walk, and good for you for walking so far. The red-winged blackbirds look huge! I also like the pine warbler and the tree swallow. Your pictures are beautiful! We have an Audubon Center not too far from home. We’ve visited once, but your post reminds me to go again.
Hello Linda,
Looks like a great place for walk and birding. Wonderful sightings and captures of the birds. Take care, enjoy your weekend.
A wonderful walk, you saw some great sights! Loved each and every photo! I surprise Gregg too on some of our walks. I dropped off to sleep as soon as I got in the house the other day and felt every part of my body, but it was well worth going around one of our favorite nature reserves.
Even though you didn’t see everything you had hoped to see, Linda, I really enjoyed the colorful warbler photos and that tree root was spectacular. Two miles was a respectable distance to have walked and hopefully none was up hill, my least favorite walking.
There were no hills to navigate.
Forgot to add that even in captivity, Liberty is a magnificent bird, and a great photo subject as well.
I love visiting Liberty 🙂