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They’re Here Already
Soon waves of migrating neotropical birds will pass through our area. They will be feeding furiously on hatching insects in the tree tops this May, but some have already arrived and have been here for weeks. Eastern Phoebes (Sayornis phoebe) flew in from the southern United States and from as far south as Mexico, whereContinue reading “They’re Here Already”
Marsh Marigold, or Perhaps Not?
I look forward each year to looking along streams to find one of my favorite spring wildflowers soon to be in bloom—Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris). But it has an exotic cousin, a look-alike that threatens its existence and that of other native spring ephemerals such as Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) and Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica).Continue reading “Marsh Marigold, or Perhaps Not?”
A Powerful Pollinator
Last fall I planted snowdrops (Galanthus spp.) and crocus (Crocus spp.) to have very early blooms available for the first pollinators that hatch in the spring. Even though these are not native, they do provide early nectar and pollen sources for native solitary bees. This would be before native plants such as Pussy Willow (SalixContinue reading “A Powerful Pollinator”
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