About a week ago, I had met with Luis Rodriguez, the environmental consultant for the Nazareth Quarry, and two guys from the landscaping company that the quarry uses about clearing out the small trees and brush that had grown up and blocked the view from the fence at the south end of Franklin Street. Luis had told me yesterday that they had actually cleaned out the area the best they could, so I stopped there around noon to see what it looked like. It was a fantastic improvement over the previous view where you had to look through a tangle of thick and thin branches. Here are before and after photos of the huge improvement.
I checked out the quarry through the new opening. Birds included 12 Ruddy Ducks, 8 Buffleheads, 5 American Coots, 2 American Black Ducks, and a Common Merganser among about 10,000 Snow Geese.
I then stopped at the Hollo Road pond. There wasn't anything notable at the pond, but just below it along Schoeneck Creek was a White-crowned Sparrow among a few White-throated and Song Sparrows.
No comments:
Post a Comment