On Monday, March 11, 2013 9:04:35 PM UTC-4, Bonnie Ott (Howard Co) wrote:
> Went to the The Howard Conservancy to look for signs of spring on a cloudy
> afternoon. Was well rewarded with 40+ Savannah Sparrows in the goldenrod swale.
> This is a doubling of the overwintering flock.
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> A hint of yellow lores �http://flic.kr/p/e2zHJ1
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> I also spent some time looking for salamanders and found 14 Northern
> Two-lined in one stream. As I was walking the stream I flushed an American
> Woodcock from behind the hodgepodge lodge. I almost stepped on him! http://flic.kr/p/e2u7Pk
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> The pond in the Clark garden is filled with Wood frogs and their eggs. Nice
> to see these beautiful frogs so closely and so well.....http://flic.kr/p/e2u7Jt
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> My first Spring Beauty of the year blooming...even on a cloudy afternoon
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> Bonnie Ott
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> Howard County
Lovely images Bonnie! The wood frog and the Salamander are flat over the top!
The Union Mills Wetland is alive with these creatures and the symphony in play there is serenading the area..
Jim
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