Creston - Bird Watching & Nurseries

We took part of the day off on Monday to make a quick trip to Creston, across the Lake and south about an hour.

Since we caught the 6:30 am ferry, we were there before most of the stores were open, so we spent nearly 2 hours wandering around the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area because it's a good place to see birds.

Among the birds we managed to see included a Yellow Warbler, Redstart, Bullock's Oriole, Song Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Ring-Necked Duck, Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Barn Swallow, Olive-Sided Flycatcher.

Creston has a good supply of plant nurseries, so we roamed around a couple of those, bought a few plants to fill in some holes in our perennial beds and headed home. Our late lunch was at the Sirdar Pub just up the lake from Creston. We've driven past it many, many times and never stopped but Monday we had the time. The beer and the food were both good so I'd be recommending it.