This is at least two weeks earlier than last year, and a week earlier than most. N.P. Tuesday, April 7 . The Woodcock have returned as well as the Killdeer last week. The yard sounds alive again, we're all singing . The moles seem to have had an exceptionally busy winter judging by the tunneling in the grass and the mining of bark from young trees and weeds.
New birds continue to arrive.
A flock of a couple dozen black birds, including cowbirds, red-winged, a starling or two, and grackles feeds on the corn thrown on the ground. The finches are now brightly colored. W.D. Return to top of this page. Return to Maine Nature News home page.