PAYB at Riverbend EEC

PA Young Birders Club continued its busy weekend with a morning outing at Riverbend Environmental Education Center in Gladwyne, PA.

We guided a bird walk for a small group. The 30 acres property, along the Schuylkill River, featured several different habitats with ample opportunity to learn about open meadow species such as bluebirds; robins eating crabapples; woodpeckers tapping on old growth trees along the creek, and, sparrows in hedgerows, including a Fox Sparrow (below).

The boys were delighted to see a pair of low flying Turkey Vultures who were likely keen on a dead rat that we found while walking through the meadow. We also enjoying seeing a Cooper’s Hawk flush a noisy mixed flock of Blue Jays and blackbirds.

Back inside the center the kids were eager to sketch their favorite birds, including this colorful Cardinal.