American Redstart Traditional Cache
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Cache is located on our property in Grindstone. There will be a braided steel wire across the driveway. The cache should be easy to find. Difficulty due to poison ivy and thorns.
We love the thumb area and spend many weekends camping at this location. The American Redstart visits us often while sitting around the campfire at night and they are everywhere during the day. Of course Bird Cacher loves this area as a result.
The following information was taken from Wikipedia.
The American Redstart is 12 cm long and weighs 8.5 g. The breeding males are unmistakable, jet black above apart from large orange-red patches on their wings and tails. Their breast sides are also orange, with the rest of their underparts colored white.
In their other plumages, American Redstarts display green in their upperparts, along with black central tails and grey heads. The orange patches of the breeding males are replaced by yellow in the plumages of the females and young birds.
The breeding habitats of these birds are open woodlands or scrub. These habitats are often located near water. These birds nest in a low are of a bush, laying 2-5 eggs in a neat cup-shaped nest.
These birds feed on insects which are usually caught by flycatching. American Redstarts also have been known to catch their insect prey by gleaning it from leaves. This is a very active species. The tail is often held partly fanned out.
Enjoy the cache and the great birds in the area.
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