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| Sharp and Round Lobed Hepatica flowering |
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| Bloodroot flowering |
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| First Painted Turtle, sunning on a log |
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| Female Red Wing Blackbirds return to join the males in the wetlands |
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| More Hooded Mergansers congregate on the smaller lakes with open water |
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| Overwintering Adult Butterflies emerge (Eastern Comma) |
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| White Breasted Nuthatches prepare nests in a woodpecker cavities |
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| Tree Swallows return and hunt for insects by flying low over the water |
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| First Garter Snakes seen sunning in warm sunny spots in the woods |
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| Fox Sparrows stop by on their way north |
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| Eastern Phoebes hunt for insects along creeks and streams. Their tails bob as they perch on trees. |
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| The first warblers arrive from the south. (Yellow Rumped Warbler) |
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| Fly species perch in the leaf litter |
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| Many deciduous trees in full bloom. (Red Maple) |
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| Male and female Pileated Woodpeckers seen foraging together |
