Winnick Woods

The intermingled songs of both the House Wren and Carolina Wren can be heard in many of our neighborhoods, including Cranbrook, Delano Park and Winnick Woods.

Starting in early June the intermingled songs of both the House Wren and Carolina Wren can be heard in many of our neighborhoods, including Brentwood, Cranbrook, Delano Park and Winnick Woods.

On April 19 I heard a Barred Owl vocalizing in mid-day in Winnick Woods and later that evening a pair of Barreds Caterwauling in Robinson Woods III.

…a Wilson’s Snipe in Kettle Cove and a Spotted Sandpiper on Dyer Point on September 25 and in Winnick Woods and Great Pond and Preserve on September 26 continuing Blackpoll Warblers and White-throated Sparrows and many first of season Yellow-Rumped Warblers, several Ruby crowned Kinglets and six Brown Creepers singing.

On the afternoon of May 6 along the Winnick Woods trails my son and I heard a strange series of high-pitched, metallic zapping sounds coming from a bird perched atop a tree and determined it to be an Eastern Kingbird.

The following day my son and I came across two more Red-breasted Nuthatches and a Chestnut-sided Warbler above the shelter at the Winnick Woods trailhead.

On June 8 within Winnick Woods my son and I listened to an Alder Flycatcher singing its distinctive “free-beer” sing a ling.

In the first two weeks of July, Robinson Woods, Gull Crest, Winnick Woods and along the Cross Hill Trail/Marsh Trail property teemed with Black-throated Greens.

On May 21 within Winnick Woods’ Greenbelt Trail, I noted six Red-eyed Vireos, a Blackburnian Warbler and a clamorous Broad-winged Hawk.

On September 5, my two sons and I paused along a trail in Winnick Woods, transfixed by frogs perched atop a neon green algal bloom.