12/22/23	Forsythia, Obedient Plant and Flowering Quince blooms.  Cat Mint, Yarrow and Ajuga leaves look like June. 
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07/02/23	Finally seeing Nighthawk displays.
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05/06/23	House Wrens and Hummingbirds.
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05/05/23	Catbirds are here.  Oriole showed up in the afternoon.
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05/04/23	My favorite Cardinal call over the last 10 years is apparently out of vogue.  I heard one repetition about a mile from my house but no more in my gardens.  Petunia, petunia.  Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop.
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04/03/23	Only got a smattering of forsythia blooms.  Harsh winter or late frost a culprit?
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04/01/23	Brown Thrasher here on the 1st like it is nearly every year.
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03/06/23	FOY Grackles in the yard.  Bald Eagle circling the backyard.  Robins are starting to sing more consistently.
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02/28/23	Cardinals are alreadty a constant part of the soundscape.