We got pizza after voting last night, because my evening had been too full/stressful to cook. And as we got out of the car at the pizza place, we heard a red-winged blackbird. A nearby tree was full of them, plus the grackles who love to party with them.
It's blackbird/grackle spring break, y'all!
#Catbird has been singing from the quince, from the wild plum, from the rhododendrons. Hoping he and his mate nest here; we certainly have a great landscape for catbirds!
CATBIRD! Catbird is back!
Red Squirrel neighbor has been sounding off all day, every day, for over a week now. Red squirrels are the only squirrels who defend a territory year-round, but that defense clearly accelerates in spring.)
Important news: It's a beautiful day here in the Abenaki Dawnlands. Pileated woodpeckers, yellowthroats, and white-throated sparrows are doing their thing. Wild oats are flowering, trillium are budding, tamaracks are leafing out, and tadpoles are hatching.
Yesterday I counted 9 #asparagus sprouts. 12 today, one of them white! 🌱 🌱 🌱
Just looked outside - the ground is crawling with robins.
I saw a vulture! The vultures are back!
The chipmunks are out of hibernation! We live in a cold pocket, so probably I'm one of the last folks in our area to see one.
Yesterday as I left the house, I startled a deer in the rosebushes. Then I saw a hawk (probably a red-tail, but I didn't get a clear view) on the drive to work.
Today I drove under a flock of turkeys.
Kellyann
Kellyann