Some pre-spring happenings at the Museum…
Elm buds have been showing for a few weeks, this one was close enough to the ground to photograph.
Red Maple is in full bloom.
Wax Myrtle is showing buds.
A Gray Squirrel partakes in a tasty snack of buds or flowers, or both.
A Carolina Chickadee inspects a natural cavity in a sycamore. This tree is within 12 feet or so of the boardwalk. If the bird decides to use this for nesting it may make for good photographic opportunities.
A Red-winged Blackbird checks out the Wetlands. This bird was in the company of three others and was just passing through. There is, however, alone male who sings daily in the Wetlands.
Apparently always excavating holes in trees at this time of year, a Brown-headed Nuthatch continues its work.
I noticed this bird circling above Catch the Wind (2/5) performing a "courtship" flight. I later found the bird (Cooper's Hawk) in a pine calling loudly kak, kak, kak, kak...it's time to think about nesting.
A winter resident at the Museum, this Ruby-crowned Kinglet searches for food among the branches of a willow in the Wetlands. Kinglets often start singing before leaving us for points north, I haven't heard their song yet.
Get outdoors and have a look around for yourself, and let me know what you see!
Some pre-spring happenings at the Museum…
Elm buds have been showing for a few weeks, this one was close enough to the ground to photograph.
Red Maple is in full bloom.
Wax Myrtle is showing buds.
A Gray Squirrel partakes in a tasty snack of buds or flowers, or both.
A Carolina Chickadee inspects a natural cavity in a sycamore. This tree is within 12 feet or so of the boardwalk. If the bird decides to use this for nesting it may make for good photographic opportunities.
A Red-winged Blackbird checks out the Wetlands. This bird was in the company of three others and was just passing through. There is, however, alone male who sings daily in the Wetlands.
Apparently always excavating holes in trees at this time of year, a Brown-headed Nuthatch continues its work.
I noticed this bird circling above Catch the Wind (2/5) performing a "courtship" flight. I later found the bird (Cooper's Hawk) in a pine calling loudly kak, kak, kak, kak...it's time to think about nesting.
A winter resident at the Museum, this Ruby-crowned Kinglet searches for food among the branches of a willow in the Wetlands. Kinglets often start singing before leaving us for points north, I haven't heard their song yet.
Get outdoors and have a look around for yourself, and let me know what you see!