Tyler Starr
1 November 2008 from 1700-1715
Location: The Martha Springer Botanical Gardens
Weather: 60 ̊ F, slight breeze, cloudy, wet ground from earlier rains
General: The ground of the gardens is covered in leaves soaked in water, squishing as I walk around. Many small birds are very active right now. There is a pack of about 15 small birds that flies from tree to tree, chirping and jumping from branch to branch. I identified a couple of chickadees in the group, but the others were difficult to identify. One bird had a grey body with black head and neck (see picture) , but I couldn’t find a similar bird in the Field Guide. I also got a good view of a very small, plump bird with gray colorings (see picture). As I was about to leave, I saw a gray hummingbird that was sucking nectar from a flower (the one I took a picture of a bee in a couple of weeks ago). It darted very quickly from flower to flower. I saw it go to two flowers on the one plant, then fly toward Sparks and hover over another flower for a moment, and then it flew away to the west. It moved very sporadically, hovering in midair for a brief second, before darting off in another direction.
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