Silver Maple Buds - Sit Spot #1145 - (Grasshopper) - March 18, 2022

Silver Maple Buds starting to open

Last year they were blooming already

Friday, March 18, 2022 4:45 p.m.

Sit 1145  :  Brush Pile W  :  Cloudy 

+13° (+11°) NE 24-36 kph 47% humidity 

Crows,

(Train),

(Traffic noises),

(Jet - Skylink Express flight 735...),

Extras:

Very early morning -

Coyotes howling,

6:30 a.m. -

Venus shining brightly,

(Mars and Saturn supposed to be close

   but I did not see them - trees & clouds

   in the way),

American Woodcock calling,

1 Spring Peeper peeping,

Along the RBG Rose Garden Trails -

Chickweed,

Snowdrops, 

Brevipetala Witch Hazel, 

Along the RBG Hendrie Valley Trails -

Skunk Cabbage,

Along the RBG Arboretum Trails -

Skunk Cabbage,

Snowdrops,

‘Westerstede’ Witch Hazel

‘Brandis’ Witch Hazel 

‘Cyrille’ Witch Hazel 

‘Sandra’ Witch Hazel 

‘Rochester’ Witch Hazel 

‘Wisley Supreme’ Witch Hazel 

‘Barmstedt’ Witch Hazel 

‘Primavera’ Witch Hazel 

‘Orange Beauty’ Witch Hazel

‘Aurora’ Witch Hazel 

‘Jelena’ Witch Hazel

‘Pallida’ Witch Hazel 

1st Song Sparrow of the season,

Along the Home Trails -

Fleur-Ange saw and photographed a Grasshopper,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Cardinals,

Mourning Doves,

Purple Finches,

Goldfinches,

Junco,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Robin,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Ladybug,

Grey Squirrel.

Photo Site #4 - North Ridge Trail

Almost all snow and ice gone today