Thursday, May 21, 2009

First Post! Spring in the Arboretum!

Well, I've finally done it. I went and started a blog. I'm not sure were to start, so I may as well start with some recent sightings.

We have two Cooper's hawk nests in the Arboretum. One in a western hemlock near the Sorbus collection, near Arbotreum Drive, and the other is in a very tall Madrone, in the new Pacific Connections Cascadia Forest garden. Last I heard they were both still incubating eggs, so stay tuned, we should have babies soon.

Our resident Barred Owls have had 2 chicks (I think, I've only seen one so far.) I spotted one of the adults taking something dead to one of them in a big leaf maple near their nest. the chicks are pretty big now, but still very fluffy.

I spotted 2 Coyotes about two weeks ago, near the camellia collection, and one was spotted last week a bit further north.

That's it for now, I hope to update often with sightings and info from both sites!

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