From Downtown Greencastle, go south on Jackson Street. Turn right onto W. Walnut Street going west. Follow W and follow for .6 miles. The driveway to the Nature Park is on the left. Follow the ...

Year-round resident. The American Robin is one of our most recognizable birds and is easy to see on the mowed lawns around the buildings at the Nature Park. We have found several American Robin nests ...

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We have seen a pair of Barred Owls several times during the day along the Rail Trail and in the deep woods. Other species of owls occur in the Nature Park, but the Barred Owl is the one that is most ...

A medium-sized flycatcher. Grayish back, dark crown and tail, whitish belly and breast, black bill. Repeatedly wags tail when perched. Nest is a rounded cup of mud and moss, placed on a ledge of a ...

A medium-sized tanager. Male is uniformly bright red. Female is yellowish below, brownish-yellow above, not as green as Scarlet Tanager female. Song is a series of whistled phrases, like the American ...

Adult weighs the same as 2 ½ paper clips! Upper parts iridescent green. Male has an iridescent red throat. Female has a whitish throat. Long bill looks like a toothpick. Nest is about the size of a ...

A large seed-eating bird. Large gray conical bill. Male is dark blue overall with two reddish-brown wing bars and black feathers around base of bill. Female is brown overall, dark wings and tail, ...

A large bird. Body is dark brown, head and neck are bare. Male is larger and more iridescent than female and has a tuft of hairlike feathers (“beard”) on breast. Nest is placed in a slight depression ...