Resident sandhills are here from March through October. With April and May comes a breathtaking display of wildflowers in the woodlands. Colonies of bloodroot and May apples open big white waxen blooms and spread their huge umbrella leaves. The sounds of love Spring evenings in the marshy lowlands are filled with the bizarre courtship displays of American woodcock and snipe. Suddenly he explodes into flight, circles higher and higher, and bursts into bubbly song before zigzagging back to his dance floor.
Common snipe perform an equally stunning courtship dance.
While the common snipe sings his courtship song with his tail, the ruffed grouse announces his intentions with his wings. Throughout the spring woodlands, drumming grouse thunder from their forest log perches. Warbler time Early mornings, a thin mist drapes the temple-like aisles of giant pines. Three whitetails wander through the arching fern oasis like ghosts in the shadows. Warbler watching is a highlight of a Navarino spring.