Even though there were snowflakes in the morning, by afternoon more spring birds made their appearance again, like this Yellow-rumped Warbler, who is a versatile forager from catch flying insects to eating berries.
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Picture of the Day for April 29, 2023
The sky this evening was filling in with clouds, bringing the chance of snowflakes by morning.
Bringing More Snow
Picture of the Day for April 28, 2023
This yellow trout lily is close to blooming but hopefully it waits a week until it is done snowing and below freezing nights. I have several patches of single leaf trout lilies but those do not flower, only the plants with two basal leaves will blossom. So hopefully the deer won’t nibble on this one when it finally opens since I have so few of them.
Lily Not Open Yet
Picture of the Day for April 27, 2023
The cold weather seems to have most of the chipmunks hiding underground yet as I have only spotted a few this spring and the woods are quiet from their chirping calls too.
Few Chipmunks Around
Picture of the Day for April 26, 2023
Enjoying some sunshine today, the bloodroots finally started to open up this spring. With reddish sap throughout the plant, especially when root is cut, gave its common name of bloodroot.
Bloodroots Opening Up
Picture of the Day for April 25, 2023
Another bird has arrived but the Brown Thrasher wasn’t singing this morning, probably since it is still way below average and the trees are not budded out as far as when I took this picture during a warmer spring. If he was singing, his song includes imitations of other birds and over a thousand of different song types.
Brown Thrasher Not Singing
Picture of the Day for April 24, 2023
The Northern Flickers have ventured north again and they prefers to find their food on the ground, especially ants and they use their long barbed tongue to eat them.
Northern Flickers Return
Picture of the Day for April 23, 2023
A male blue teal duck made a brief visit on my pond before continuing his journey north.
Visiting Blue Teal
Picture of the Day for April 22, 2023
It is a chilly Earth Day and I will probably celebrate by replacing all the sod on my lawn that the snowplowing dug up this winter.
Chilly Spring Day
Picture of the Day for April 21, 2023
A few years ago, I made some more birdhouses but with the weird weather this spring, I haven’t made my rounds to clean out all my birdhouses yet so I will need to do that before the return of tree swallows, wrens and hopefully some bluebirds too.
More Birdhouses
