Today I decided I was long overdue to visit the Burd Run wetlands at Brookside Ave. and the Riparian Restoration Project park. I wanted to see if the Tree Swallows were back in the Brookside wetland. No such luck! There were lots of Red-winged Blackbirds, though, as well as a horde of noisy, honking Canada Geese. Otherwise it was still looking fairly dull there, and a trip up to the restoration project yielded the same dull landscape. But there was a surprise waiting - there was a Great Egret fishing in the creek! These are primarily coastal birds, hanging out in saltwater marshes, coves, and inlets; finding one in a freshwater creek in Central PA is unusual, to say the least. The sighting definitely made my day!
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| This feral cat seemed to be guarding the entrance to the Brookside Ave. wetland |
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| Burd Run is looking healthy this year |
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| This Guinea Fowl was making a lot of noise on the farm across the creek (the black behind it is a chicken companion) |
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| The Red-winged Blackbirds were everywhere in both wetland areas |
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| The unexpected Great Egret fishing in Burd Run |
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