Jayne

Activity #1:  I like the American Oystercatcher because I'm a sucker for endangered animals, and this one's habitat is being lost and destroyed.  I think I may have seen one of these when I was at the Gulf last week at North Redington Beach.  The second one that caught my eye was the Prothonotary Warbler because it's yellow (yay!) and it was named after the papal clerks of the Roman Catholic Church (of which I am a member).  It also forms pair bonds for at least a season; which I always think is cool when animals choose long-term mates.  The last one I really like is the Atlantic Puffin.  My grandson got me hooked on this bird, and I got to go to the Project Puffin Visitor Center in Rockland, Maine on my trip there a couple of years ago.  They are doing tremendous work in getting the population numbers up again.