Still pretty quiet around my place, though the trillium, blue cohosh,
toothworts, hepaticas and trout lilies are blooming. Most notable bird on my
morning walk was a Winter Wren visiting a previous year's nest site inside the
upturned root ball of a huge cucumber magnolia (visible from Maple
May 2nd, and still very slow around my place in West Danby. Yesterday brought
my first Ovenbird, a Chipping Sparrow, and two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, but I'm
not finding any other new arrivals. Possibly I'm missing a few that are kept
quiet by the low temperature...
There are lots of Hermit
