On Saturday morning I hike the Sterling Lake Loop at Sterling Forest State Park. It’s an approximately four and a half mile easy hike which is typically pretty birdy. As expected, most birds were heard and not seen; highlights included a couple of Hooded Warblers, a single Acadian Flycatcher, and a couple of Worm-eating Warblers. My best sighting of the day, however, was not bird related. I found what I’m pretty sure was a Common Five-lined Skink; see photo below.
On Sunday I wasn’t able to find any inspiration, so I just took a cruise in the Black Dirt Region to see if anything was going on. There really wasn’t much going on, but I did get lucky and found a super cute Spotted Sandpiper chick. Probably the cutest thing about this sighting is that, even at this very young age, this little Spotted Sandpiper was bobbing its tail just like we see the adults do all the time.
