I could not see its chin or throat in order to tell it apart from the hooded warbler. Being very yellow with a touch of black on its head, it looked to me as either an american goldfinch or hooded warbler. While keeping my eyes fixed on one, definitely belonging to a passerine, I caught a glimpse of a very yellow bird fluttering away. I tried scoping out any nests I could find. Oh well, I like their vocalization so they are welcome to stay here as long as they’d like in my opinion! I thought they did not breed here and would have guessed they’d have migrated farther north by this point in the season. I noticed that I’ve been hearing a lot of white-throated sparrows and I’m not sure why. Ever since we learned about them, I’ve really interested in observing this behavior.īefore the sunrise, I could hear several members of our semester list vocalizing. I expect by this point in the season, they could be seen carrying their eggs to a nest or maybe flying to a nest to begin egg laying. We learned in lecture that they are common nest parasites – meaning that they don’t build nests of their own and instead lay their eggs in another species’s nest, sometimes kicking out the host’s eggs. I really wanted to see a brown headed cowbird. I thought why not hit two birds with one stone (not literally) by volunteering and watching the bird action (literally) at the State Park! It was very early but I decided to go in hopes of seeing new species. This morning was the Flapjack Fundraiser put on by the Midlothian Rotary Club for the campers and visitors of Pocahontas State Park.