On Easter Sunday, a fresh blanket of snow covered the ground but it quickly melted it away when the sun shined. In Madison County, a scavenger hunt with a few work colleagues led me to a south-facing hillside covered with pasque flowers. The fuzzy stems a flower petals tell me this isn’t the first time … Continue reading
I have been anticipating the return of the Eastern Phoebce, which perches high in a creek side treetop overlooking a field at the edge of town. Today it has returned and joins the morning chorus of robins.
Turkey vultures soar overhead and chorus frogs have come to life in the small wetland by Arbor Park.
Great blue herons and red-winged blackbirds have returned to the wetlands.
Saw a Common Grackle in flight this morning; first of the year.