Views
- Sleeping off last night's party at the Gifford House flood light were numerous moths, mostly - I think - the small phigalia.
- But it was a nice day to relax in the sun.
- The first exciting sighting we had was the handsome palm warbler. This was a first for these Trail Reports.
- An eastern phoebe was working hard by the old pump house.
- Ruby-crowned kinglets have returned, though it's hard to tell from this lucky photo - they seldom sit long.
- The Old Oak and fungus endure.
- Tree swallows had returned to the Old Hayfield in the back.
- The first eastern comma of the season sailed by. It was at that same popular spot on the bluff of the Wappingers Creek Trail as last year.
- They do an excellent dissapearing act in the leaves or on bark.
- dog violets were coming up in places along the way.
- A great creekside sycamore's roots were camoflaged in the dappled sunlight.
- A skunk cabbage horn looked like a shark fin in the rushing water of the brook under the foot bridge.
- The Cary Pines Trail had an eastern comma at the site of last year's first sighting. It seems surprising, but I suppose it shouldn't be...
- I didn't want to say it too loud, but the road to the Fern Glen was free of snow and the grass around the pond was getting green.
- Hepatica was blooming along the cobble.
- Marsh marigold and colt's foot were blooming along the water's edge.
- Bull frogs and painted turtles were soaking up the sun.
- The ice at the bottom of the Old Gravel Pit had all turned into a puddle, but not too wide.
- Back at the Carriage house were the first dark-eyed junco and American goldfinch I'd seen all day.
- Also under the feeder was the first Eastern towhee for the season.
- A nice way to end the day was with another first for the Trail Reports: a yellow-bellied sapsucker going from tree to tree.
- I like Spring.
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Birds
- 1 Turkey Vulture
- 1 Mourning Dove
- 4 Eastern Phoebe
- 3 American Crow
- 1 Common Raven
- 1 Tree Swallow
- 6 Black-capped Chickadee
- 5 Tufted Titmouse
- 2 White-breasted Nuthatch
- 1 House Wren
- 4 Golden-crowned Kingle
- 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- 1 Eastern Bluebird
- 11 American Robin
- 1 Palm Warbler
- 1 Eastern Towhee
- 1 Field Sparrow
- 2 Song Sparrow
- 1 Dark-eyed Junco
- 2 Northern Cardinal
- 1 Brown-headed Cowbird
- 1 House Finch
- 1 American Goldfinch
- 3 House Sparrow
Butterflies
- 1 Cabbage White
- 2 Eastern Comma
Moths
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