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Roger Simmons
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Birds, Words, Pics + TV

Discovering Prairie Warblers, other birds at Hal Scott Preserve

Roger Simmons, September 17, 2023September 17, 2023

I visited Hal Scott Regional Preserve and Park several years ago while preparing for a 10-day hike in New Mexico. The preserve’s flat scrub area provided miles of trails that helped with training for my hike.

But on Saturday, I decided to visit the Hal Scott area again, this time looking for endangered Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers. I didn’t find any, but did come across some other cool birds.

They included warblers – Prairie, Common Yellowthroat and Pine – plus White-eyed Vireos (which I heard, but wasn’t able to see) and a Red-eyed Vireo (which I saw and got a poor photograph of because the sun was directly behind it).

I’ll be back there again to keep looking for those woodpeckers.

A Prairie Warbler enjoys the morning night at Hal Scott Preserve in September 2023.
A Prairie Warbler peeks around a branch to survey Hal Scott Preserve in September 2023.
A Prairie Warbler is a cool looking bird with its yellow body and black streaks. Taken at Hal Scott Preserve in September 2023.
A male Common Yellowthroat warbler tries to hide among pine needles at Hal Scott Preserve in 2023.
A female Common Yellowthroat may not be as colorful as her male counterpart, but she is a cute little bird at Hal Scott Preserve in September 2023.
A Pine Warbler looks over Hal Scott Preserve in September 2023.
A female Eastern Bluebird looks toward the sunrise at Hal Scott Preserve in September 2023.
A Northern Mockingbird gets ready to sing to greet the morning at Hal Scott Preserve in September 2023.
A Red-eyed Vireo hides in some brush at Hal Scott Preserve in September 2023.
A male Northern Cardinal hides out in the brush at Hal Scott Preserve in September 2023.
The morning light illuminates a spider web at Hal Scott Preserve in September 2023.
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