Jay Cooke State Park May 24, 2008; 9:45 to 11:00; temp. 55 degrees, sunny
Access on the west side, on Leimer Rd. off of Carlton Co. Rd. #1 Jan and John Green Walked N from the Leimer Rd access to the Carlton Trail (along the river - eastward), then back to the SW via the Summer Trail (about 1.3 miles). Mostly old growth maple-basswood forest; some yellow birch and white spruce; maples just beginning to leaf out; many spring wild flowers (see list below). Bird observations mostly by ear. BIRDS Spotted Sandpiper ? 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ? 1 Least Flycatcher ? 12 Red-eyed Vireo ? 1 Blue Jay ? 3 Black-capped Chickadee ? 1 White-breasted Nuthatch ? 3 Veery ? 1 (scold note only) Robin ? 2 Golden-winged Warbler ? 1 (at park edge, Summer Tr.) Nashville Warbler ? 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler ? 3 Black-throated Green Warbler ? 4 Blackburnian Warbler ? 1 Ovenbird ? 30 Chipping Sparrow ? 2 Song Sparrow - 2 White-throated Sparrow ? 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak ? 2 Outside the park on the Leimer Rd.: Mourning Dove, Tree Swallow, Eastern Bluebird, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Bobolink FLOWERS (mostly in bloom; otherwise noted) Moschatel (Adoxa) Wild Sarsaparilla (tight buds) Dwarf Ginseng (buds) Wild Ginger Blue Cohosh (just beginning) Fly Honeysuckle Toothwort Virginia Waterleaf (not blooming) Wild Leek (leaves only) Clintonia (Blue-bead Lily; tight buds) White Trout-lily Yellow Trout-lily Canada Mayflower (tight buds) Solomon?s Seal Twisted-stalk (leaves only) Nodding Trillium (buds) Large-flowered Bellwort Wild Oats Bloodroot (past flowering) Springbeauty (C. virginica) Red Baneberry (leaves) Wood Anemone Marsh Marigold Round-leaved Hepatica (leaves only) Juneberry sp. Sweet Cicely sp. (leaves) Yellow violet sp. FERNS (none fully unfurled, most just started) Rattlesnake Fern Interrupted Fern Lady Fern Oak Fern Ostrich Fern Long Beech Fern