Happy Equinox!
Mar. 20th, 2013 12:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neverspentHello, nature journal! I didn't mean to leave you for so long. Last year almost beat the light out of me, but I didn't stop observing. Here are my Springwatch dates for 2013.
January
12 - very warm weather, then tornadoes
15 - 1/2" sleet, schools closed
16 - spotted my first blooming daffodil of the year
25 - cedar waxwings migrating through
28 - spotted first Spring Beauty blooming
29 - tornado warnings
30 - lots of bluets blooming
31 - alder trees blooming (male catkins)
February
2 - pruned the fruit trees at the farm
12 - first noticed morning birdsong
14 - heard spring peepers (frogs) singing in a river bottom
23 - spotted a flock of pelicans in the river (migrating -- they don't live here)
23 - saw a plum tree in full bloom
24 - spotted a butterfly during a hike in the woods
March
14 - field of daffodils at local flower festival in full bloom
15 - tree pollen noticeable on outdoor surfaces
16 - peach & pear trees in orchard blooming
18 - bees humming in flowering quince bush
I don't have photos of everything, but here's an album with some representative ones.
I think one of my favorite things was the bee. I was lying on the ground to photograph the quince bush with the pear tree in the background, and I heard the telltale drone. They were everywhere, buzzing around so happily, legs encrusted with pollen. They know spring has been upon us for awhile.
January
12 - very warm weather, then tornadoes
15 - 1/2" sleet, schools closed
16 - spotted my first blooming daffodil of the year
25 - cedar waxwings migrating through
28 - spotted first Spring Beauty blooming
29 - tornado warnings
30 - lots of bluets blooming
31 - alder trees blooming (male catkins)
February
2 - pruned the fruit trees at the farm
12 - first noticed morning birdsong
14 - heard spring peepers (frogs) singing in a river bottom
23 - spotted a flock of pelicans in the river (migrating -- they don't live here)
23 - saw a plum tree in full bloom
24 - spotted a butterfly during a hike in the woods
March
14 - field of daffodils at local flower festival in full bloom
15 - tree pollen noticeable on outdoor surfaces
16 - peach & pear trees in orchard blooming
18 - bees humming in flowering quince bush
I don't have photos of everything, but here's an album with some representative ones.
Springwatch 2013, a set on Flickr.
I think one of my favorite things was the bee. I was lying on the ground to photograph the quince bush with the pear tree in the background, and I heard the telltale drone. They were everywhere, buzzing around so happily, legs encrusted with pollen. They know spring has been upon us for awhile.