It's A Bird . . . No A Bud. . . A Corolla . . . A Blossom . . . A Spring Bird and Bud Parade!
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Chionodoxa forbesii |
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Nesting Eastern Bluebirds Sialia sialis |
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American Robins Turdus migratorius |
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Chaenomeles 'Flowering Quince' |
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Serenading Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis |
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Alluring Viburnum carlesii |
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A Winter Keeper . . . Spring Creeping Brown Creeper Certhia americana |
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Fairytale Lilac Cluster Emerging |
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Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Wings Its Way From Tight Buds To . . . |
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Sprouting Lilac Limbs |
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Flitting Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum |
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Earlier Arriver |
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Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor |
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The 'Star' of The Garden Now Magnolia stellata |
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Tree Swallows Fill the Sky With Song and Fanciful Flight of Pure Delight! |
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Dreaded Brown-headed Cowbirds Molothrus ater |
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Tiny Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula is so thrilled, he can hardly sit still. |
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Hiding a Ruby Crown |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata |
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A Chorus of Daffodils |
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White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis |
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Praying Japanese Tree Peony |
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American Goldfinch Spinus tristis reclaims its color |
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Daffodil Trumpets Announcing Spring |
Warmer moist days are bringing more migrating birds back to Flower Hill Farm and refreshing the colors of those birds that overwinter here. Spring's true arrival is casting off sepals revealing an array of colorful buds and blooms. The air is filled with the energies of excitement . . . everywhere . . . within the waking landscape and gardens.