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| 1 The snow buntings usually pass through Newcomb around this time each year, traveling from the east coast to summer range in Quebec, Labrador and Greenland | 2 | 3 | 4 (2003) Yikes its cold again! This morning I went out to collect some aquatic invertebrates for a workshop I was doing later that day. By the time I scooped up the net from the bottom and turned it over into the bucket of water everything had froze! | ||||
| 5 (2003) Don't let the ice and cold water fool you, there's plenty of critters to find in the material at the bottom of rivers. Many of our flying insects have an immature stage that can be found over wintering in the water. Mayflies, Caddisflies, dragonflies and of course our infamous black fly. | 6 | 7 (2003) Now I'm having second thoughts about that albino bird I first saw in February. Thinking perhaps its a goldfinch. This exercise in id really puts your skills to the test. Without color, one needs to pay careful attention to size, shape, beak size and shape, and habits | 8 | 9 (2003)
Backyard riddled with deer trails and yarding areas
but today, I ran across something new, a bobcat!
Snow fleas out today too. You'll see the snow peppered with them when it starts to warm. The tiny creatures are actully springtails, not fleas or even insects. Springtails are tiny and wingless with a "spring-like" appendage that when releaed tosses them into the air. |
10 | 11 (2003) I've noticed a real reduction in snowshoe hare this year. My property has been great habitat these past five years but this year I've seen almost no tracks. Is this a normal downswing in the population? | |
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an incredible day! 57 degrees in Newcomb and bright sunshine. A real taste
of spring. On our weekend hike, we came across some fisher tracks. Its
getting to be that time of year again, mating time. Increaed activity means
you may find their tracks in your travels. Look for paired tracks.
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| 19 Red-winged Blackbird (1994) | 20 (2005) No sightings of red-winged blackbirds yet! | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 (2003) deer carcass on Hudson River down the road. Rumor has a bald eagle feeding on it. Checked it out late afternoon, but nothing. I'll keep looking. | 25 (2003) heard the first flock of geese flying overhead | |
| 26 Red-winged Blackbird
(1996)
(2003) pussy willows, the catkins or male flowers are bursting forth. While pussy willow is most commonly associated with one willow salix discolor all willows have some sort of fuzzy catkin. Watch as the season progresses, you'll see the fuzzy catkins elongate and set forth tiny slender staminate (male) flowers. |
27 Red-winged Blackbird
(2003)
Heard my first blackbird this morning. The easily recognizable "konk-la-ree" is a welcome sound! (2005) Juncos, nuthatches, chickadees busy at the feeders |
28 (2003)First robin. | 29 (2006) Neighbor
Ellen Rathbone reported timberdoodles
(2003) My daughter and I sat down at the Hudson River today and watched the ice float by, You could hear the massive floats as they ran into the bank or obstructions in the water. Scared a couple of male common mergansers |
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What's coming up in April? All kinds of songbirds start returning to Newcomb. |