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     Coltsfoot (pictured) and Common Chickweed were flowering today. Both species are alien introductions, but very welcome signs of spring.
     Mourning Cloak butterflies were flying this morning. Mourning Cloaks overwinter as adults and emerge on warm spring days.
     Ruby Crowned Kinglets are moving north, feeding in trees along the West River. Kinglets are conifer specialists but these were all in deciduous trees.
     And … male Woodcock are doing their mating season sky-dance in fields near my house. The dance starts at dusk and on these moonlit nights may continue until dawn!
John