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urbpanIt can now be said without reservation or qualification: Spring is here. It hasn't been constantly warm, but as a wise lj friend said to me last year at this time, it isn't summer it is spring. The earliest of flowers are blooming, including a few chickweeds and sidewalk dandelions, as well as some of the maples.
The grass has come up so subtly that I didn't notice it until I drove to Connecticut yesterday, and saw green lawns. The wet days at the end of March did the trick. Early bulb plantings are up, with daffodils seen blooming today, and crocuses almost past.
The last of the lingering juncos are seen less frequently (though I definitely saw some earlier in the week). Red-winged blackbirds and grackles are now commonly seen, and song sparrows and mockingbirds have been here and there. Mornings are all about robins.
This morning, however, was all about the turkeys. A flock* of wild turkeys was strutting along the sidewalk as we drove up to our building (Alexis' car is parked overnight in a city lot a few blocks away). We pulled over to look and one Tom came over and challenged us. I took a picture with my phone--we didn't have our real cameras with us--and tried to restrain some very excited dogs. We parked, ran in to leave the dogs and get our cameras, and got some good pics. (forthcoming) We did a couple hours of hedgetrimming with the turkeys across the street in the Dutch House yard. It was amusing to see the different reactions passersby had to these seven huge birds.
Edited to add: Alexis' pictures are here.
The grass has come up so subtly that I didn't notice it until I drove to Connecticut yesterday, and saw green lawns. The wet days at the end of March did the trick. Early bulb plantings are up, with daffodils seen blooming today, and crocuses almost past.
The last of the lingering juncos are seen less frequently (though I definitely saw some earlier in the week). Red-winged blackbirds and grackles are now commonly seen, and song sparrows and mockingbirds have been here and there. Mornings are all about robins.
This morning, however, was all about the turkeys. A flock* of wild turkeys was strutting along the sidewalk as we drove up to our building (Alexis' car is parked overnight in a city lot a few blocks away). We pulled over to look and one Tom came over and challenged us. I took a picture with my phone--we didn't have our real cameras with us--and tried to restrain some very excited dogs. We parked, ran in to leave the dogs and get our cameras, and got some good pics. (forthcoming) We did a couple hours of hedgetrimming with the turkeys across the street in the Dutch House yard. It was amusing to see the different reactions passersby had to these seven huge birds.
Edited to add: Alexis' pictures are here.
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Date: 2009-04-05 07:38 pm (UTC)We've still got a few juncos down here, but they're not the flocks they were...