and so it begins

November 11, 2023April 14, 2022 by Lori

The forty million bulbs we planted last November are just beginning to poke their heads up and the prizes for earliest risers go to:

Birds Merlin and/or I have seen and/or heard
Alder Flycatcher
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Pipit
American Redstart
American Robin
Bald Eagle
Baltimore Oriole
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Black Scoter
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-capped Chickadee
Blue Jay
Blue-winged Teal
Bobolink
Brown Creeper
Brown-headed Cowbird
Canada Goose
Cedar Waxwing
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chimney Swift
Chipping Sparrow
Cliff Swallow
Common Eider
Common Goldeneye
Common Grackle
Common Nighthawk
Common Raven
Common Yellowthroat
Dark-eyed Junco
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee
European Starling
Evening Grosbeak
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Gadwall
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Great Horned Owl
Greater Yellowlegs
Green-winged Teal
Grey Catbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Hooded Merganser
House Finch
House Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Killdeer
Lapland Longspur
Least Flycatcher
Magnolia Warbler
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Mourning Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parula
Northern Shoveller
Osprey
Palm Warbler
Peregrine Falcon
Pileated Woodpecker
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Pheasant
Rock Pigeon
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruffed Grouse
Savannah Sparrow
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Song Sparrow
Sora
Swamp Sparrow
Tennessee Warbler
Tree Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Veery
Vesper Sparrow
Virginia Rail
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-winged Crossbill
Willow Flycatcher
Wilson's Warbler
Winter Wren
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler