Hi Laura and everyone,
Yesterday morning, Scott Anthony and I spent a bunch of time there.
Birds were foraging mostly in the flowering pear trees and apple trees. Only a
very few hawthorns (Crataegus sp.) were visible with blossom buds about to pop.
Most are still in initial leaf-out stages.
Bob, et. al.,
I didn’t arrive until later this morning, but the best birding was restricted
to the oak trees along the North ravine edge. Most birds seem to be feeding
among the oak leaf clusters. Very few birds were down in the hawthorns, as of
yet. It was a cold start to the morning, too. I
