Warblers are most popular among bird watchers due to the wide variety of colorful species and the patience required to find these small birds. Identified by contrasting colors - brown back with dark bars and spots, lighter colored breast with black spots, distinctive black bib, yellow wing linings, and red patch on nape of neck. Woodpeckers nest in tree cavities, particularly in dead standing trees. Tree of well-drained, moist sites. Bark has a distinctive unpleasant odor.
Seed is collected for good luck.
The buckeyes are among the first trees to get their leaves in the spring and among the first to lose them in autumn. One of the most common trees at McConnell Springs. Inside twigs is chambered pinkish-brown pith. Bud scars look like a monkey's face. Members of this family include hickories and pecans.