Heard the first spring peepers and sandhill cranes yesterday. Peepers strident this evening as the first storm hits. Unusually warm&humid.

Maple flowers.
Like Medusa, except with a birdhouse.

Photos from the Maplewood Nature Center

Saw three flocks of geese on the way to work, and a large number mulling about on Lamprey Lake off 35.

Heard the following in the pat few days:

• Canadian Geese
• Sandhill Cranes
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Red-winged Blackbird

A shot of one of the several humminbird moths hanging out, sipping nectar, and pairing off in the native garden out back. They seem particularly drawn to the islands of swamp milkweed blooming in the sea of bergamot, boneset, and joe pye weed.