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Wilma Dykeman RiverWay Walking Tours

Join RiverLink for a series of walking tours of the Wilma Dykeman RiverWay!

Learn about the nature and history of the river and parks, and the future plans for the RiverWay. Tours are led in the spring by RiverLink staff, area experts, and volunteers.

For current dates please see the table below or our homepage for any schedule changes. For details or to help lead a tour contact Worth McAlister, Assistant Volunteer Coordinator and AmeriCorps member at worth@riverlink.org or at (828) 252-8474 x 17.

At the Feb. 4 twig ID event, we promised to put the Winter Tree ID Presentation on the Web site:

Click here for the pdf.

Here is the master list of flora found at Richmond Hill Park on the Nature Walks: Nature Walks Flora

And from our Growing Season Tree ID Nature Walks on Saturday, May 5 & 19, here is our leaf press collection: Leaves of the Southern Appalachians. This .pdf shows the corresponding characteristics of each tree listed in the leaf collection: Trees of the Southern Appalachians characteristics.

Guided Walks:

Birds spotted at Carrier Park              Birds Spotted At French Broad River Park

Bird Walk tour 2010:                             Bird Walk Tour 6/2012

Kildeer                                            Great Blue Heron                                Eastern Bluebird
European Starling                              Turkey Vulture                                  American Robin
American Goldfinch                            Rock Pigeon                                      Northern Mockingbird
Palm Warbler                                    Mourning Dove                                  Brown Thrasher
Yellow rumper warbler                        Chimney Swift                                   European Starling
Wood duck                                      Ruby-throated Hummingbird                 Cedar Waxwing
Mallard                                           Red-bellied Woodpecker                      Common Yellowthroat
Rough winged swallow                       Downy Woodpecker                            Yellow-breasted Chat
Tree swallow                                   Pileated Woodpecker                           Eastern Towhee
Eastern bluebird                               Acadian Flycatcher                             Chipping Sparrow
Yellow crowned night heron                Willow Flycatcher                               Song Sparrow
Song sparrow                                  Eastern Phoebe                                  Northern Cardinal
Northern Mockingbird                         Eastern Kingbird                                 Indigo Bunting
Cardinal                                          White-eyed Vireo                               Red-winged Blackbird
American Robin                                Red-eyed Vireo                                  Common Grackle
Eastern phoebe                               Blue Jay                                            Brown-headed Cowbird
Canada Goose                                 American Crow                                   Orchard Oriole
Mourning dove                                Northern Rough-winged Swallow             Baltimore Oriole
Downy woodpecker                          Cliff Swallow                                      House Finch
Blue jay                                         Barn Swallow                                      American Goldfinch
American crow                                Carolina Chickadee                               House Sparrow
Carolina wren                                  Tufted Titmouse
White throated sparrow                    White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown headed cowbird                      Carolina Wren
Marsh wren                                    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher