Downy Woodpecker

 

We planted wildflowers on our walk to school today and then after I dropped Ruby off, I went down to the lake and planted some wildflowers by the lake: Cosmos, Crimson Clover, Blue Lupine, Baby Snapdragon, Lemon Mint, Purple Coneflower (Echinacea), and Perennials. I turned on my BirdNET app, and got something else besides a red wing blackbird, I got a Downy Woodpecker. I didn't see it. I meditated for 10 minutes, but it's not good with my shoes on and it's too muddy and wet for me to take off my shoes. 

Found information source for identifying birds at Willow Lake

I found the Willow Lake Preserve page on Instagram and it has a lot of good bird photos:

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Lincoln’s Sparrow

cormorants

chickadees

Hairy Woodpecker

Common Yellowthroat

Prairie Warbler

Ruby-crowned kinglet

Common grackle

Great blue heron

Tree swallow

Osprey

Other wildlife:

Garter Snake

Muskrat video

Eastern Mud Turtle

Plants

Japanese honeysuckle

Plus great old pictures of when there were ball fields there.