March 30th. Red Maple (Acer rubrum) flowers are open.

 

 

 

 

 

A few Tufted Titmice (Baeolophus bicolor) among the flowers.

 

 

 

Green showing on the marsh hummocks.

 

Five of the eight Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) I counted at Cranberry Bog later in the morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fancy chickens at the little barn yard just east of Cranberry Bog. This is a Buff Orpington.

 

This is a Brahma. (Thanks to daughter Elizabeth Ward for the IDs.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31st. A pair of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) at Raymond Brook Marsh.

 

Maybe a nesting site?

 

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura).

 

 

 

April 1st. Ring-necked Ducks (Aythya collaris) east of Route 207.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The female at the left just was starting to dive.

 

 

 

April 2nd. A male Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis).

 

A male American Robin (Turdus migratorius).

 

April 3rd.

 

Spring pastels - mostly Red Maple (Acer rubrum) flowers so far. A frosty 23 degree morning.

 

 

 

 

 

An American Beaver (Castor canadensis) at the marsh. Thankfully, trapping season is over!

 

 

 

One of a pair of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) east of Route 207.

 

 

 

Its mate. (Note the slightly different shape of the white head patch.)

 

Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) leaves are beginning to unfurl.