March at Nixon Park
The poem of spring continues to unfold, with a stanza here and there reminding us just how cold winter was.
Bluebird, a visiting group of Ring-Necked Ducks, A nuthatch taking in the snowdrops, another Bluebird on the lookout for this year's nesting spot, White-throated Sparrow and Dark Eyed Junco preparing to move to their summer breeding grounds up north, Robin
Heard and seen, but not yet photographed - Tree Swallows!
Pond Slider, Painted Turtle and Musk Turtle. See this post about turtles
Jacob's Ladder peeking out from the leaf litter, Unfurling Skunk Cabbage, Hairy Bittercress, Bird's-eye Speedwell
Owl pellet (I am reasonably sure it's an owl, although hawks also leave pellets) packed with vole bones (more bout this later)
I've been working on project that incorporates iNaturalist observations in the Anson B. Nixon Park Project into a field guide.
You can open the field guide on your smartphone by following this link. The guide opens in any web browser.
If you'd like to share the guide this link opens a QR code (you'll also find a link to the QR code in the guide).
The guide is intended to make it easy for anyone visiting the park to identify what they are seeing. The species in the guide represent observations recorded on iNaturalist by community observers. They are not a full inventory of what you may see at the park. Become a Community Observer.
If you try the guide I'd be interested to know how it works (or doesn't work) for you.
