[birdky] Great Blue Heron at Meadowbrook Park, Lexington

[Ben Albritton <benalbritton@xxxxxxxxx>]

 Meadowbrook Park is a long, narrow--relative to its length, strip of meadow 
and wood, in south Lexington. It is adjacently south of Meadowbrook Golf 
course.  A perennial tributary of the West Hickman creek flows through its 
length, dividing at one point and meeting again forming an island about 300 
yards long, that floods pretty heavily. I was out there yesterday morning 
sneaking along and listening, when a noticably sized shadow crossed me, and 
looking up saw a Great Blue Heron lazily flying about 40 feet above my head.  
It landed down about 200 yards away, took stock of its surroundings for a time, 
then walked over to the paved walking track, strolled down the track for a bit 
till it got near the stream and then disappeared toward it.  
   
  Other birds present at Meadowbrook park as of today:  American Redstart (1), 
Golden-Crowned Kinglet (several), White-throated Sparrow (several), Cedar 
Waxing (several), Red-Winged Blackbirds (several), House Finch, Downy 
Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, and birds you would expect to see.  I have also 
heard a couple of birds out there that I haven't been able to identify as of 
yet.  
   
  An interesting note about this spot, before I began posting to birdky, is 
that a couple of Red-tailed hawks came to reside in a large Tulip Poplar Tree, 
right smack-dab on the Meadowbrook golf course.  They stayed there several 
weeks.  The golf course administration enthusiastically gave me permission to 
go out there and observe them. The large hawk just perched there on a limb 25 
feet above my head regarding me regarding him. 
   
  Best birding wishes,
  Ben Albritton
  Lexington
   
  p.s. in my previous posting about Veteran's park, where I listed several 
birds present at the park, I had a brain-lapse while typing.  I typed 
"yellow-bellied" woodpecker, but I meant Red-bellied Woodpecker.  

                
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