Julia

Fox, not fix. Oy.

Fix sparrow passing through. #birds #mainebirds

Here in central and southern Maine it’s Big Night season when amphibians migrate to breeding pools. Tonight we helped 15 peepers and 3 wood frogs cross the road. We were too late for 8 peepers and 2 wood frogs, but that’s not bad since there were 46 cars!

In case changing the clocks didn’t make it real, a red winged blackbird showed up today to announce spring is here. Pix through my window. Arrival date pretty consistent with the past several years, though seems early! Also what passes for spring here is pretty much late winter. #birds #mainebirds

Escaped to the coast today. Outside time for the win! Then had an epic sunset at home. #Maine

Warbler Wednesday
Here’s a prairie warbler in Maine thinking about its next bug. #birds

Too hot to hoot!

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Tufted titmouse on our porch this afternoon. Central Maine #birds

Once you started decreasing, did you decrease every row? I’m trying to get the crown to look like that on a hat now.

Puffin baby, razorbill and puffin-razorbill pals in Iceland.

I’m turning the corner on a series of nasty bugs! I even skied today in our glorious snow.

Looking for practical ideas about how we stop this. Can someone sue?

Sunset ski.

Student comes to my door this am. And says Mrs HM I have to tell you something. I think it’s going to be about unfinished work. But NO. It’s about this great book he received and can’t wait to read! My teacher day is made. The book? Call of the Wild. #teachersky

Don’t worry about the ominous cloud. Everything’s fine! We’re all fine!

Fedco, Johnny’s, and Pinetree Garden Seeds in Maine.

Snow buntings fly across a field.

Snow buntings picked a brutally windy day to show up here in central Maine. Brrr. #birds #maine #mainebirds

I did a bunch of Christmas bird counting in December. Here is one of the 17 American tree sparrows we had in central Maine. #addBirder

Ice images from central Maine yesterday.

The skating this winter has been absolutely epic. A few pix from around central Maine.