On April 3rd, a group of faculty and students from the Biology Department set out to Battle Park for a nature walk. Leading the walk were plant identifying expert Alan Weakley, bird spotting expert Allen Hurlbert, and bird call expert Haven Wiley. There was also a special introduction to Battle Park given by Peter White.
Find below a list of the species that were spotted (courtesy of Allen Hurlbert) as well a few pictures of the walk. We delightedly learned that Carolina Wrens might call “teakettle, teakettle, teakettle” or “cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger” while Northern Cardinals might call “cheer, cheer, cheer.” We learned that Battle Park is special due to its maintenance as a forest of continuity (it has always been a forest). Additionally, we soon learned that we would never be able to remember all of the Latin names for the plants Alan identified…
Thanks to our faculty leaders (Bob, Alan, Allen, and Haven) and thanks to Kyle Palmquist for organizing this great event!
UNC Chapel Hill–Battle Park, Orange, US-NC
Apr 3, 2013 12:10 PM – 1:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Started at Wilson Hall, walked down South Rd, thru cemetery to Battle Park, loop, and back thru campus to Wilson, sunny, 55F
22 species
Turkey Vulture 3
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Eastern Phoebe 2
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 4
Eastern Bluebird 3
American Robin 6
Northern Mockingbird 10
European Starling 6
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1
Northern Cardinal 8
House Finch 2
Pine Siskin 2
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 3