Walking The Blaine Wetland Sanctuary.
Report from June 13, 2024
The Blaine Wetland Sanctuary is a walk through multiple habitats and it takes about an hour.
This day was a typical spring day with temps in the 70’s and a mix of clouds and sun. Along the path there are a few different habitats. Entering from Lexington Ave the hike is a boardwalk and it enters a fen. Fens are peat forming wetlands using groundwater to support various grasses plants and shrubs. This fen makes up the largest part on the sanctuary and it’s home to ducks, pheasants, deer, coyotes, fox and many types of field birds. This hike will take you though some upland habitat where I’ve seen owls, broad wing hawks, northern flicker and deer.
On this walk I had the opportunity to set up my gear on the west side of the sanctuary to attempt to photograph indigo buntings but they would not come into photography range. Continuing eastward along the path I found some of last seasons mullein with common yellowthroat, song sparrows and eastern kingbirds using them as perches. I set up my tripod and camera and I pointed toward the dead mullein plants and waited to snap the shutter. I took a few hundred images on this day and the best are shown below.
If you live in the area this is a very nice walk. It’s popular on nice weather days and on rotten weather days you can have the place to yourself which is nice!
Visit the Blaine Wetland Sanctuary website.
Blaine Wetland Sanctuary
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