Phenological Photos - Second Week of April

Sharp and Round Lobed Hepatica flowering

Bloodroot flowering

First Painted Turtle, sunning on a log

Female Red Wing Blackbirds return to join the males in the wetlands

More Hooded Mergansers congregate on the smaller lakes with open water

Overwintering Adult Butterflies emerge (Eastern Comma)

White Breasted Nuthatches prepare nests in a woodpecker cavities

Tree Swallows return and hunt for insects by flying low over the water

First Garter Snakes seen sunning in warm sunny spots in the woods

Fox Sparrows stop by on their way north

Eastern Phoebes hunt for insects along creeks and streams.
Their tails bob as they perch on trees.

The first warblers arrive from the south. (Yellow Rumped Warbler)

Fly species perch in the leaf litter

Many deciduous trees in full bloom. (Red Maple)

Male and female Pileated Woodpeckers seen foraging together