Seems like we were just greeting March and here it is, April already! It is funny, it seems like it has been such a cold wet spring so far, and I guess the wet part is definitely true, although we have had breaks in the wet stuff most days so you can get outside, but it has been so cold! Yet when I compare with last year, it seems everything is about 2 weeks ahead of schedule.
everything is very green! Canada Geese remain, although not in the numbers they were earlier.
lot's of robins...
every time the weather clears a bit, the swallows show up. Mainly Tree Swallows, but I'm pretty sure there are some Violet Green in the mix.
a lot of Northern Flickers around right now, with lots of drumming happening.
Band Tail pigeons showed up over in the Kilby area, pretty much right on schedule as they usually show up when the Big Leaf Maple trees are in flower....
Yellow-rump Warblers usually are here by this time too, but so far haven't seen any. Rufous Hummingbirds remain elusive. There are a few around and the strange thing is that everyone I've seen or heard has been in bushy areas, no where near garden feeders.
Salmonberries are in full flower now - saw Anna's Hummingbirds feeding from them the other evening.
there is nest building going on too....this Black Capped Chickadee was busy working on excavating a nesting site the other day.
so what can we expect now it is April? Well the other swallow varieties will show up and a lot of different Sparrows, like the White and Gold Crowned and a few others, just moving through. Shorebirds should be moving through as well. The native flowering trees like the Black Hawthorne and Pacific Crabapple are already showing buds, so it won't be long. We had some Purple finch yesterday for the first time this year, Goldfinch should be showing up soon too....always an interesting time.
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