First Flower.

3-10-21 SHORT HILLS: The melting snow has uncovered Snowdrops doing their best to open on schedule. Today I found a small cluster in bloom. Around the neighborhood there are daffodil and crocus shoots where the snow has melted.

Today we walked on a different trail on at Loantaka Brook Reservation. It was almost snow and ice free, flat and almost warm today. The dogs were well-behaved as we crept through the few spots with unmelted snow.

I caught a Pileated Woodpecker working on an ash tree this afternoon. I have seen them before here, but they’re rarities. 

New blooms: snowdrops.

Pileated Woodpecker. Taken with a pocket cam. The bird was obliging enough to let me get the good cam for a better pic...

The problem was that she moved a little further areound the tree.

The Carolina Wren posed while on the suet feeder.

The Mourning Doves are very good at holding a pose.

This Downy Woodpecker also likes the suet.

Ta-Da--first flowers in bloom for 2021--Snowdrops.