Ferns - Sit Spot #1494 - April 28, 2023

Some of our Ferns are waking up

Friday, April 28, 2023 4:40 p.m.

Sit 1494   :   Brush Pile W   :   Cloudy with light rain 

+11° (+9°)  NE 15-23 kph      82% humidity 

Pileated Woodpecker,

Cardinal,

Flicker,

(Jet - Swoop Airlines flight 813...),

(Traffic noises),

1st Mosquito in Sit Spot this year,

3 White-tailed Deer,

Extras:

3:20 a.m. -

Light Clouds,

Some stars shining,

Faint moon shadows,

1 Spring Peeper still calling,

6:19 a.m. Sunrise -

Robins,

Cardinal,

Song Sparrow,

Mourning Dove,

Field Sparrow,

Crows,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Along the RBG Trails -

Blooms:

Rue Anemone,

1st Wood Anemone,

1st Virginia Bluebells,

Butterbur,

Hispid Buttercup,

Lesser Celandine,

Common Chickweed,

Giant Blue Cohosh,

Coltsfoot,

Mouse-ear Cress,

Common Dandelion,

Purple Dead-nettle,

Dutchman’s Breeches,

Ground Ivy,

Henbit,

Round-loved Hepatica,

Manitoba Maple,

1st March Marigolds,

1st Garlic Mustard,

Periwinkle,

Early Saxifrage,

Slender Speedwell,

1st Thyme-leaved Speedwell,

1st Woodland Strawberry,

White Trilliums,

Trout-lilies,

Common Violet,

Yellow Violet,

Hairy Woodrush.

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Red-winged Blackbird,

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Crows,

Goldfinches,

Grackle,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Downy Woodpecker,

Hairy Woodpecker,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Boxelder Bugs,

Ladybugs,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel.

Photo Site #6 - 

Close up of East Willow