Red Trillium shoot - Sit Spot #786 - March 24, 2021

Red Trillium Leaves

opening up from the earlier shoot.

March 24, 2021 4:15 p.m.

Sit 786  Brush Pile W : Cloudy 

+19° (+19°) S 13-20 kph 52% humidity 

Crows in distance,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

(Traffic noises),

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Song Sparrow,

Mourning Doves,

(Jet  - American Airlines flight 2406…),

Cardinals singing,

Prop Plane,

Dog barking in distance,

Goldfinches calling, 

Extras:

Along the trails 3:50 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Killdeer calling,

Red-winged Blackbirds calling,

Rooster crowing,

Crows in distance,

Mourning Doves,

Robin alarm call,

Cardinals singing,

White-breasted Nuthatches calling,

Donkey braying,

Goldfinches "Potato chip chip" calls,

Small beige moths flitting about,

Eastern Bluebirds calling,

Red Trillium leaves starting to open,

Song Sparrow singing,

Chickadees "fee bee" calls,

Flowers blooming on our property -

American Hazel,

Crocus,

Hairy Bittercress,

Silver Maple,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Grackle,

Juncos,

White-breasted Nuthatches,

American Robins,

Starling,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Chipmunk,

Black Squirrels.

Photo Site #8 - West Pond

Still pathetically minuscule for this time of year

Bloodroot Shoot - Sit Spot #785 - March 23, 2021

Bloodroot Shoots are just out of the ground

March 23, 2021 10:25 a.m.

Sit 785  : Brush Pile W : Sunny

Cardinals singing,

Red-winged Blackbirds calling,

Song Sparrow singing,

(Traffic noises),

(Prop Plane),

Gulls in distance,

(Jet - United Airlines flight 3345...),

Unidentified bird chirps ,

Extras:

6:50 a.m. -

Cardinals singing,

Robins calling,

Along the trails - 9:25 a.m. to…11:40 a.m.

Red-winged Blackbirds calling,

Robins calling,

Rooster crowing,

Crows cawing,

Blue Jays calling,

Mourning Doves cooing,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Phoebe calling,

Flowers blooming -

1st American Hazel,

Crocus,

Hairy Bittercress,

Coltsfoot,

Silver Maple,

Red Maple,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Goldfinches,

Grackle,

Juncos,

White-breasted Nuthatches,

American Robins,

Tree Sparrow,

Starling,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker,

Gray Squirrels.

(Yesterday Fleur-Ange got a photo of

a Pine Siskin. We just got it identified today.)

I've been working in NE corner

of donkey paddock for a week or so.

Finished cleaning it out today!

Photo Site #6 - Close up of East Willow

Red Maple Blooming - Sit Spot #784 - March 22, 2021

Red Maple in Bloom

March 22, 2021 10:50 a.m.

Sit 784  : Brush Pile W : Sunny 

+8° (+7°) S 7-11 kph  49% humidity 

Song Sparrow singing,

(Traffic noises),

(Train),

Gulls overhead,

Raven calling,

Red-bellied Woodpecker calling,

Woodpecker drumming,

Flicker calling,

(Prop Plane),

Crows cawing,

Cardinal singing,

Unidentified bird chirp,

Extras:

7:15 a.m. -

Robins calling,

Along the trails - 9:40 to 11:40 a.m. 

Chickadees,

Cardinals,

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Crows,

Rooster,

Donkey,

Phoebe,

Mourning Doves,

Small moths flitting about,

Song Sparrows,

American Woodcock on trail,

Bluebirds calling,

Mourning Cloak butterfly,

Fleur-Ange hear a flock of Sandhill Cranes overhead this morning,

Flowers blooming - 

Silver Maple, 

Crocus,

Hairy Bittercress,

Snowdrops,

Coltsfoot,

1st Red Maple,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

White-breasted Nuthatches,

American Robins,

Downy Woodpecker,

Gray Squirrels.

Photo Site #5 -  Front "Forest" Trail

New Flowers - Sit Spot #783 - March 21, 2021

Silver Maple

Coltsfoot

March 21, 2021 10:05 a.m.

Sit 783  : Brush Pile W : Sunny 

+1°(+1°) NW 2-3 kph  80% humidity 

Red-winged Blackbirds,

(Traffic noises),

Canadian Geese flying overhead,

Cardinal singing,

Dog barking in distance,

Blue Jays screaming,

Song Sparrow in distance,

Mourning Doves cooing,

Crows cawing in distance,

Extras:

7:15 a.m. - 

1st Phoebe of the season,

Robins singing,

Red-winged Blackbirds calling,

Crows cawing,

Along the trails - 9:30...11:15 a.m.

Mourning Doves,

Robins,

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Goldfinches,

Donkey,

Rooster,

Phoebe,

Crows,

Flicker,

Chickadees,

Small moths flying,

Cardinal singing, 

Bluebirds calling,

Woodpecker drumming,

Chipmunk,

Woodcock calling in p.m.

Flowers blooming  -

1st Silver Maple, 

Crocus,

Hairy Bittercress,

Snowdrops,

1st Coltsfoot.

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

White-breasted Nuthatches,

American Robins,

Black Squirrels,

Gray Squirrels,

Red Squirrel,

Ladybug.

Photo Site #4 - North Ridge Trail

Tulip Leaf - Crocus again - Sit Spot #782 - March 20, 2021

Happy First Day of Spring

Started at 5:37 this a.m.

Something, perhaps a rabbit,

is eating our Tulip leaves as they come up.

I like the resulting pattern.

I took out a better camera

for the Crocus flower this afternoon.

March 20, 2021 3:05 p.m.

Sit 782  : Brush Pile W : Sunny 

+12° (+11°) W 13-31 kph 26% humidity 

Robin alarm call,

(Prop Plane),

(Traffic noises),

(Jet  - Southwest Airlines flight 2759...),

(Train),

Tiny insects flying, 

Woodpecker drumming in distance,

Extras:

6:15 a.m. - 

American Woodcock calling,

7:00 a.m. - 

Robins singing,

Mourning Doves calling,

Along the Trails - 

Robins,

Chickadees, 

Blue Jays, 

Rooster, 

Red-winged Blackbirds, 

Many Song Sparrows Along road,

Red-tailed Hawk @ west meadow,

Crows cawing,

(Seemed like a good day for early butterflies.

I did not see any but some were reported nearby.),

Several small moths were flitting over the trail,

Flowers blooming -

Crocus,

Hairy Bittercress,

Snowdrops,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

White-breasted Nuthatches,

American Robins,

Chipmunk.

Photo Site #9 - From West Brush Pile Sit Spot