posted: 8:38:34 PM  

posted: 8:30:59 PM  

Spring is swinging. Everything is fresh and damp this morning from overnight showers. Crocus and narcissus are blooming in the beds by my front steps. At the park, we have seven boxes with eggs in them. Spring peepers have begun to sing.

Along the lower stretches of Barnyard Run, beyond the observation tower, where the beavers have relocated to, we are seeing Red-Headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) on a weekly basis. Recently scarce in the park, the bird has increased its presence, no doubt due to the higher water levels and newly drowned trees along the stream.

posted: 8:23:55 PM