Saw bumblebees for the first time this year. I’m sure they were out and about during the sunny weather while I was gone, however. They were busy buzzing around the blueberry flowers. Most of the flowers seem to have survived the chilly nights that occurred last week, but I did notice some bushes that seemed to have a substantial amount of flower damage.
I heard a bird making quite a bit of noise this morning about 6am. I decided to go outside and see if I could figure out what it was. It didn’t take me too long to spot a flicker at the top of a tree next to our house. I also heard a second one calling a short distance away, but I never got a look at it.
I returned yesterday from a 10 day trip. Most of the time I was gone, the weather was sunny and warm during the day with temperatures just below freezing at night. There are now many blueberries in bloom and I saw a salmonberry flower as well. Temperatures were cool today, with snow overnight and the snow level today appearing to be around 600 feet or so. I’m looking forward to getting out and observing the spring flowers as well as the spring bird migration.
I went for a walk today with Connor and Rowan and we saw some blueberry bushes already in bloom. Hopefully there is not a frost in the coming weeks that kills them, or the berry crop may not be too good.
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