Nature Study

First day of spring

Forsythia

We went for a walk at our favorite wetland preserve to see what we could see on this first day of spring — at least, according to the calendar. I guess it depends on your preferred source of authority. Punxsutawney Phil says spring won’t be here for awhile yet. But me, I tend to believe the robins.

In any case, the great blue herons were on their way back. We saw two of them.

The fishing was good, apparently.

One munching muskrat was enjoying a floating lunch.

There were tadpoles with their frog feet already formed, doing their best to hide from the herons.

And we saw some wood ducks, perfectly identical and paddling in formation.

What are you up to on this first day of spring? It’s unusual for us to have such balmy, sunny weather to get out and enjoy the awakening world.

Tufted titmouse

2 Comments

  • Ruth

    You take the most amazing bird pictures. I tried my hand at it today (see my blog) and was not successful. I don’t know how you do it. My best photos are of inanimate objects. Those birds just keep flying away!

  • Janet

    Thanks Ruth!

    I take plenty of failed pictures. That’s the beauty of a digital camera — you can take tons of pictures just to get one good one. And even my good ones aren’t as sharp and perfect as the ones I see on nature blogs. There’s definitely a learning curve!