What a crazy Spring, even in Nature!
First Wood Frog on April 7th, 2021. We had a dry cold spring with very little snow to melt.
For perspective, here are the first Wood Frog Choruses I heard over the past few tears.
5/6/2020
4/17/2019
4/28/2018
4/15/2017
4/1/2016
4/17/2015 (last NAAMP/Frog watch survey)
The main difference this year was only 2 nights of choruses and I found no egg masses.
Oddly, things like Bloodroot did their thing right on time. Can you find a pollinator?
On 5/7/21 I did a paddle on the Pemigewasset River from "Dark Hollow" in New Hampton, South to below Newfound High School. The Hobble Bush was in flower (no bees, however).
The male Wood Ducks were out searching for a party.
We did have great feeder birds like this White Throat Sparrow on 5/5/21
and this Red Bellied Woodpecker
On 5/15/21 our Apple trees were in full blossom....still almost no bees.
On 5/12/'21, Max, Russ, and I did water testing on the Pemi. Not only was the water warm -- like 70 degrees -- but everybody we met seemed to be so much better tempered. The virus is waning as seen by our friends' FACES at "Twin Design" in Bristol Square.
Here is an ID question... kind of a trick, actually.
I have only seen 2 of these guys so far.
On 6/2/21 I found this chick and its parents on Hermit Lake. It was just 2 days old.
This pileated was working on a white pine just above me in the kayak.
I am grateful for beautiful POLLINATORS!
We need to stop using dangerous chemicals like glyphosates mixed with "Unmentioned Inert substances" on our Ever-So-Important-Environment...If we keep using these chemicals, we will have No Pollinators and no food for us and the other organisms affected by what we humans choose to do.
