August 26, 2020

Went to the local marsh today.

Marsh very busy with spring activity, including lots of swallows. BARS, NRWS, TRES, and VGSW. Saw about 10 baby mallard ducklings. Trilliums, bleeding hearts, candy flower and salmon berries all have started blooming. Beaver gave us a good tail slap, and seemed like he did some work on his leaking dam, reinforcing parts. Skunk Cabbage has stopped flowering and has gotten massive and lots of crane flies hiding in the leaves. Common Yellowthroats abundant and singing like crazy, didn’t see or notice many Yellow Rumps. Had a LISP hang out for a bit, was sulky but got a shot of him. Patches of rain made photography hard, but intermittent bursts of sun were nice.

Posted on April 27, 2020 12:46 AM by meganbuers