Coltsfoot - Sit Spot 1164 - April 7, 2022

Coltsfoot

tussilage pas-d'âne

(Tussilago farfara)

Thursday, April 7, 2022 10:35 a.m.

Sit 1164  :  Brush Pile W  :  Partly Sunny 

+9° (+7°) SW 16-28 kph   82% humidity

Crows in distance,

Song Sparrow

Cardinal 

(Jet - Sunwing Airlines flight 9805...),

Robin,

People voices in distance,

Turkey Vulture overhead,

Extras:

6:20 a.m. -

Many Robins singing,

Many Cardinals singing,

One Wild Turkey calling,

Venus shining brightly,

Paper Wasp by my computer,

Weather App-

Cedar, Juniper very high pollen count,

Boxelder, Maple moderate pollen count,

(I am not seeing any evidence on our trees),

Along the Trails -

Crows,

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Cardinals, 

Robins, 

Song Sparrows,

Phoebe, 

Blue Jays, 

Field Sparrow, 

1st Towhee of the season,

Red Trillium shoots about 2 cm,

Bees coming & going from only 1 hive 

   at 11:15 a.m.,

2 Canadian Geese flying overhead, 

2 Ducks flew silently from West pond,

Some mosquito larvae in pond,

Mourning Doves, 

Silver Maple blooming, 

Snowdrops blooming, 

Crocuses blooming, 

1st Mourning Cloak butterfly, 

Spring Peepers calling, 

1st Chorus Frogs calling, 

1st Wood Frogs calling,

1st Gartersnake of the season,

p.m. -

Fleur-Ange and I both saw 1st Coltsfoot blooming

   at the roadside,

Red Fox crossed Bethel Church Road

   just in front of me in p.m.,

Red Maples still blooming at roadside,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Blue Jays,

Chickadees,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

Red-breasted Nuthatch,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Robins,

Song Sparrow,

Starling,

Chipmunk,

Ladybugs in the house,

Dark Paper Wasps in the house,

Red Squirrel.

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