Spring bird is here

Among spring's first really representative songbirds that appear in our woods and meadows is the Eastern Phoebe. It's tail wagging field mark is quite iconic and despite its drab appearance,many of us welcome this early spring bird after winter's long effect.

This afternoon ,alerted by a late tweet, Stanley Greenberg reported to Dennis H. that he had EASTERN PHOEBE at Nellies Lawn, the open meadow south of Prospect's Vale of Cashmere. With this very warm air flow, phoebe seemed almost expected even at this early date.

Meanwhile on Prospect Lake, a report of new duck activity.Marc Brawer spotted a single drake RING NECKED DUCK with 9 WOOD DUCKS. The latter is definitely a migrating flock. Grackle numbers seemed up ticked so it must mean the migration season is getting upon us.