for example this morning I spotted the first Purple Finch of the season. I'd been wondering where they were as they are usually back before now.
also this morning a pair of Black-capped Chickadees excavating a potential nesting site. I'm not sure what it was doing here. Chickadees seem to spend months trying different spots before actually settling into somewhere to raise their family.
American robins are back to being a fixture now....and so photogenic!
Red-wing Blackbirds are still around....
as are the Killdeer....
Tree Swallows are claiming nesting boxes.....
but so are a few House Sparrows....this cheeky guy has laid claim to one of the new ones.
not just the birds showing signs of spring...the Salmon Berries are just starting to flower and boy are the honeybees happy about that! There were 4 of them crammed in this one, not even completely open flower.
the water levels continue to drop. One of these days they have got to start rising.
this pretty much sums up the weather we've been having. A little bit of sun sometimes but some dark clouds dropping anything from rain to snow at other times.
in preparation for a meeting I have been invited too, thought I'd attempt a walk out onto the estuary....unfortunately the weather did not cooperate so we got very wet and didn't see much of anything. Oh well, soon it will all be under water again.
One last note....we are still waiting for the first Rufous Hummingbird! They are late this year..
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