Leatherwood Lake
Eureka Springs, AR
Wednesday 26 June 2024
87 °F
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5:
This afternoon, my friends and I made a brief trip to Leatherwood Lake for some hiking before dinner.
It was a beautiful outing and the single bird highlight was this wildly out of place LESSER SCAUP that should be a thousand miles north of here in Canada this time of the year. It definitely tripped the eBird rare filter, and looks like I was the original finder of this seasonal rarity as it was not reported before me! Cool.
We also spotted a female Box Turtle laying her eggs beside the trail:
My friend Sam (who plays Violetta in La Traviata) photographing the turtle:
And a cool, large fungus growing trailside:
A fun afternoon! Bird-of-the-day of course to the Lesser Scaup with runner-up to a heard-only PRAIRIE WARBLER singing its chromatic scale song.
Happy birding,
Henry
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