Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Wednesday Birding


White-throated Sparrow

I did some birding at the Muskegon State Game Area this morning.  If you are going to bird this area, the bridge over the Maple River behind the state game area Headquarters building has 3 to 4 inches of water over it.  Also on the south side of the Maple River the trail that goes west has one place that has 6 to 8 inches of flowing water over it.  Boots are a must.

Charlie DeWitt

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I don't have an answer, but here is some information that might be helpful. Those are not twigs, but are the leaf petioles from the large compund leaves of the walnut tree. Each walnut leaf has a number of leaflets attached to the petiole. These leaflets fall off the petiole in the fall and the petioles also fall to the ground. It could be that something is after the leaflets and pulls the leaflet underground while it is attached to the petiole. The result is the petiole is stuck in the ground. I guess it is being pulled down underground and not being buried from above ground. I would check the tree weekly as soon as the leaves begin to fall to see exasctly when this is occurring. Chip Francke