One Second in Nature is a mirrored image again in time to a second of discovery as I explored the pure settings round me. By the sharing of this second, is my hope that readers will change into motivated to study extra about the environment and its inhabitants, and change into passionate advocates for conservation. One Second in Nature is a Reflections of the Pure World Weblog Submit Sequence by Jim Achieve
THE MOMENT
Phrase had gone out about a particularly uncommon (Jap Wooden-Pewee) customer to San Joaquin County. I contacted considered one of my earliest birding mentors, Eric Caine, and we made preparations to satisfy up on the parking zone to the Oak Grove Park in Ripon on Sunday morning (8/4/2024) at 7:30. As we approached the realm the place the Jap Wooden-Pewee had been noticed an hour earlier, a dimunitive drab, olive greenish-gray flycatcher with daring wingbars handed over our heads and landed within the branches about 25 ft in entrance of us. Because it paused briefly, I used to be in a position to observe its crested head, daring almond-shaped eyering and bicolored invoice because it then flitted energetically from perch to perch. At one level it sallied out to catch a flying insect after which dove deeper into the undergrowth the place it gave its typical tseet contact name.
ABOUT THE SPECIES
Distribution and Abundance: The Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) is a reasonably frequent migrant passing by means of the Central Valley of California within the spring and fall.
Conservation Standing: In response to the IUCN Crimson Record of Threatened Species, the Western Flycatcher is categorized as a Species of Least Concern attributable to its extraordinarily massive vary, secure inhabitants and intensely massive inhabitants.
ABOUT THE AREA
Oak Grove Park is a ravishing Riparian Forest pure space consisting of mature Valley Oaks (Quercus lobata), Fremont Cottonwoods (Populus fremontii) and a dense understory of Crimson Willows (Salix laevigata) and California Grape (Vitis californica).
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