First things first, my daughter was married this past
Saturday. The wedding and bride were
beautiful, and she married a great guy.
Congratulations to both of you, and may you have many happy years
together. Now, back to chasing species. Despite much time devoted to wedding
preparation, I was able to sneak out occasionally over the past several weeks
and chase new species. As the spring
migration floodgates slowly start to trickle in, I found most of the expected
March migrants – such as Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Eastern Phoebe, Great
Egret, Turkey Vulture, and American Woodcock.
On the mammal front, I added Red Fox, Common Raccoon and American
Beaver. On a one warm rainy day, the
Boreal Chorus Frogs commenced their spring serenades at Baker Wetlands. Between occasional cold fronts and snow
showers, spring is starting make its appearance; waking up insects and
prompting territorial behavior in all manner of creatures. My year total is now 145 species.
Redhead duck (wonder why they call it that?) seen at John Redmond Reservoir.
A Great Egret, living up to its name, at John Redmond Reservoir.
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