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Animal Tracks •
Two
Red Tail Hawks
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Sing,
Sing, Sing
One
of my favorite things about our farm is the diversity.
The diversity of plants, animals, weather, aspect; it's
all and ever new, even with the enduring presence of
familiar trees & meadows & fields. Of course
the newness is from seasonal changes. Change is the
way nature keeps that feeling of newness. Spring is
soaring in just like these two hawks I managed to photograph
amidst a kettle of hawks headed north riding an early
spring thremal.
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We
now are waking to birdsong and although the spring warblers
haven't arrived yet the wrens and sparrows have returned.
The yellow bellied sapsuckers and the whole family of wood
peckers lend the rythm of their drumming to the song of the
day. The few pileated woodpeckers here have been fun to watch.
They are truely stunning birds when you see and hear them
working away on a tree.
This
past Thursday I saw a pair of belted kingfishers landing near
the brook. We have had several groups of ducks, wood ducks
and mallards so far, exploring our brook. I always wonder
if any will stay the year but it seems that they only visit.
The
rabbit population is beginning to show itself and it may be
a good year for rabbits. We've seen the first few groundhogs
browsing about and plenty of deer footprints although they
are still mostly nocturnal.
The
only amphibian sighting has been a small, really perfect spotted
turtle that Deliska found and brought to show everyone. The
toads and peepers have been engaged in their mating seranade
and so I can tell by the sound how many and what type there
are.
For
me, the earth is always making music. The only challange is
to hear it above the din of human clatter.
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