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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 |