March 2020

March 13, 2020

Dispatch from the Sugarwoods – 3/13/20

Dispatches, March, Uncategorized

It’s 4 a.m. on the 13th of March. A hard...

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March 14, 2020

Dispatch from the Sugarwoods, 3/14/20

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March 16, 2020

Here, a cold snap has made it possible to walk safely and happily on top of the hard, a bit icy, but much-diminished snow pack.

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March 17, 2020

Dispatch from the Sugarwoods, 3/17/20

Dispatches, Maple, March

The weather cooperated yesterday – the hard freeze in the...

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March 18, 2020

Migrating hummingbirds arrived in Florida a couple of weeks ago. They’ll be on the move for the next couple of months, wherever flowers are available. Here that’s usually early in May. On this chilly morning it’s reassuring to imagine them zipping along in our direction.

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March 19, 2020

So far, snowmelt has revealed mostly a winter’s worth of dog deposits. But trowel and bucket are at hand, and better things will follow.

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March 20, 2020

One of our two close-by crows is missing a couple two three wing feathers. I see them flying over the house together several times a day from southwest to northeast, never yet in the other direction. Maybe there’s a great circle route.

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March 21, 2020

Till now, the goldfinches here have been too busy eating to sing. Today, they are too busy singing to eat.

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March 22, 2020

Just enough warmth to smell spring. A good day to mix up some soil and plant lettuces, parsley, and spinach indoors. Earlier than usual but, given the times, it’s time.

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March 23, 2020

Ice continues to retreat from ponds and vernal pools. Soon there will be a lot of animal activity, but patience is the word for this chilly day.

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March 24, 2020

Dispatch from the Sugarwoods, 3/24/20

Dispatches, Maple, March

As I write this, about 4 inches of fresh snow...

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March 25, 2020

Red maple buds are sizing up a little bit and bluebirds are laying claim to nest boxes. When there’s sunshine, it’s nice and warm.

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March 26, 2020

If you’ve watched blue jays lately, you may have seen them bobbing up and down on a branch, extending their legs, then squatting, repeated several times. Like a person exercising, but for them it’s about courtship and territory.

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March 27, 2020

This morning I watched what looked to me like a female purple finch singing away. But it turns out that this singer is in fact a first-year male who has yet to get his rosy-colored feathers. He’s already good at singing.

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March 28, 2020

Brightly colored robins in the crabapple tree.

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March 29, 2020

It takes only a couple of warm days to reset the internal thermostat. Now 32 degrees feels cold. A few weeks ago, 32 would have been balmy.

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March 30, 2020

Woodpecker drumming is heard more often now. Pileated’s are by far the loudest.

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March 31, 2020

Pussy willows are inching out; millimetering out would be more accurate, but whatever the size, they look good.

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