| Signs
of Spring:
Observations for
March |
- Waterloo,
Iowa 3/29/11
The Turkey Vultures are back! Saw two today. Saw first ant hill and first pocket gopher mound today as well.
- Brookings,
South Dakota 3/30/11
Saw first Killdeer in front yard!
- Grimsby, Ontario 3/30/11
Two common loons flew over the Beamer Conservation Area Hawk Watch near Grimsby, Ontario on March 30th.
- Perham, Minnesota 3/30/11
Watching the birds in the front yard, eating seed and suet and along comes a Redwinged Blackbird. Spring must be here, seeing new birds almost every day.
- Palatine, Illinois
3/23/11
First Sandhill Crane seen on the edge of the lake this morning
- Morris,
Illinois 3/29/11
Spotted the first creeper of the season shimming up the bark on a hackberry tree.
- Accident, Maryland 3/23/11
I heard frogs singing as I got to work this morning. Several people had heard them over the weekend.
- Winterport, Maine 3/23/11
This morning, our class walked down to check on our tulip bulbs. The path was slippery because there was a small amount of fresh snow on the ground. We saw animal tracks in the snow on the trail towards the woods. Trees are budding after a long cold winter. Even a pussy willow was starting to bloom.
- Whitewater, Wisconsin 3/23/11
First Great Blue Heron on the lake same day the ice went out.
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