8 April 2024
Shock! As a substitute of an outing on the final Sunday of the month, let’s go birding subsequent weekend. Be a part of me on the Schenley Park Guests Heart for a hen & nature stroll on Sunday 14 April, 8:30a – 10:30a.
Yellow-bellied sapsuckers migrate by way of Allegheny County in April so mid-month is the most effective time to seek out one in Schenley. Charity Kheshgi and I noticed this one at Frick.
We’ll additionally see bushes in bud, in bloom, and with tiny leaves. Ten years in the past the redbuds had not opened but. Will they be blooming subsequent Sunday?
April showers received’t cease us. This occasion might be held rain or shine, however not in downpours or thunder. Examine the Occasions web page earlier than you are available case of cancellation.
Gown for the climate and put on comfy strolling sneakers. Don’t overlook your binoculars.
Hope to see you there.
p.s. If the birding is sweet I’ll give an choice to proceed till 11:00am.
p.p.s. Don’t anticipate an enormous present of spring wildflowers like we used to see a number of years in the past. Pittsburgh’s overabundant deer have eaten every part besides the poisonous flowers.
(credit are within the captions)
