Views
- Several kinds of bee fly were out today. These look like bees, but don't sting; but they can hover and bees don't do that.
- I thought the pool in the Old Gravel Pit would have dissipated since last week. I was wrong.
- The Ed-venture Trail will get around the area.
- The Fern Glen is perking up with blood root and Dutchman's breeches
- Marsh marigolds and hepatica are going strong.
- Even a crane fly was probing the pond edge.
- It was still quite at the Old oak and fungus.
- At the corner of the Old Hayfield I noticed a tree had developed a serious split.
- Standing, chatting in the Gifford parking lot I heard a Common Raven pass close overhead.
- The Gifford grounds provide a great vantage point for birding: open skys above, tall trees not far away, shrubs near by, and a short walk to open fields. And don't forget the gardens...
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Birds
- 3 Turkey Vulture
- 1 Red-tailed Hawk
- 4 Eastern Phoebe
- 3 American Crow
- 1 Common Raven
- 5 Black-capped Chickadee
- 1 Tufted Titmouse
- 2 White-breasted Nuthatch
- 5 American Robin
- 1 European Starling
- 1 Field Sparrow
- 3 House Finch
- 1 House Sparrow
Insects
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