Monthly Archives: April 2015

Signs of Spring 9: Bluebirds!

One of our great signs of spring is the return of eastern bluebirds to our field and edge ecosystems. A group of my students monitoring the birds on our campus through the winter and spring saw their first bluebird in … Continue reading

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Signs of Spring 8: Bald Eagles!

It is amazing that we can now refer to the bald eagle as one of “our birds” here in western Pennsylvania! In the early 1980’s when I moved here it was possible to find bald eagles (mostly up around Lake … Continue reading

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Signs of Spring 7: Spring Peepers!

Last Thursday night it started to rain. The air became warm and humid and reminded me that we had not had a good rain in a very long time. The ground has been wet and muddy from snow melt, but … Continue reading

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Signs of Spring 6: Tree Buds and Emergences

The silver maple tree at the bottom of my field flowered last week. The smooth lines of the branches that have been outline against the sky all winter are now fuzzy with the irregular edges of the tiny, open flowers. … Continue reading

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