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RIVER PARK NORTH-APRIL 10-11

4/11/2014

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The great warm days continue and more and more critters are showing up to play in the sunshine. I have been fortunate to spend a couple of hours there each of the past two days and I urge you to go and take a walk while the new growth on the trees is fresh and the small wildflowers are blooming. The wisteria are blooming and hanging from the trees around and over the front pond. The spring bird migration has tuned up this week and I saw today my first prothonotary warbler of the season. They will be nesting soon . I also saw an orange crowned warbler(my first at River Park), and a Prairie warbler. There are also many yellow-rumped warblers around.


There were many grackles probing in the soft mud and leaves around the ponds looking for a snack. These birds look solid black until you see them in the right light and their iridescent colors are striking.


There were Yellowlegs visitors dining in the mud flats at Parker's Creek on Thursday because the water had gotten very low and they could probe for worms there. But on Friday, they were gone because the water had risen again and covered the flats.


There were turtles and snakes sunning and butterflies are showing up now in good numbers that will only increase as the weather stabilizes at a good warm level. The Ospreys seem to have settled in at their "new" high nest. I got a fair picture of one of them being harassed by a crow. I am looking forward to the next few weeks as the spring migrants grow in number---Better get out there if you haven't been!!! See pics from the two days below.

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