Plant list

Susquehanna Trillium
Trout Lily
Dutchman’s Breeches
Virginia Bluebell
Spring Beauty

Bloodroot
Purple Dead Nettle
Cut-leaved Toothwort
Spicebush
Garlic Mustard
Marsh Marigold
Blue Cohosh
Wild Blue Phlox
Common Blue Violet
Corydalis
Rue Anemone
Hepatica

Plants identified but not blooming:
Wild Ginger
Mayapple
Putty Root Orchid
Wild Columbine
Skunk Cabbage

Escaped domesticated flowers:
Daffodils
Grape Hyacinth
Forsythia
Day Lilies (not blooming)

Butterflies:
Spring Azure
Cabbage White
Mourning Cloak
Comma Butterfly

Bird lists

Columbia River Park, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US Apr 8, 2017 9:40 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Stationary 10 species

Canada Goose X
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Turkey Vulture X
Common Tern 70 small tern, typical wing shape, red legs, black cap, dark trailing edge on wings.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Blue Jay X
Tree Swallow X
American Robin X
European Starling X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35799251

Shenk’s Ferry Wildflower Preserve, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US Apr 8, 2017 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) 14 species (+1 other taxa)

Black Vulture X
Turkey Vulture X
Downy Woodpecker X
Eastern Phoebe X
American Crow X
Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Brown Creeper X
Carolina Wren X
White-crowned Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Eastern Towhee X
Northern Cardinal X
American Goldfinch X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35800286

Trails

Some of the stream crossings at Shenk’s Wildlife Preserve were a little challenging and a group effort was required:



Photographs by Linette Mansberger and Kathy King