Springtime
Sand Beach Township
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+++ NEWS +++
VERNAL EQUINOX - MARCH 20, 2021 - 5:37 A.M. EDT
FIRST FULL DAY OF SPRING - MARCH 21, 2021
+++ FIRST ROBIN OF THE YEAR +++
A REAL "EARLY BIRD"
ALMOST A MONTH BEFORE THE VERNAL EQUINOX
FEBRUARY 23, 2021 - 1:00 P.M.
"EARLY SPRING" FLOWERS IN SAND BEACH TOWNSHIP
MARCH 19, 2021
SPRING BEGINS - PREDAWN ON LAKE HURON
MARCH 20, 2021 - 7:00 am EDT
SUNRISE AT HARBOR BEACH
Trescott Street Pier - March 20, 2021
SPRING SUNSHINE ON THE HARBOR BEACH LIGHTHOUSE
Frank Murphy Memorial Museum - far right
HARBOR BEACH FROM THE PIER
March 20, 2021
FRANK MURPHY HOUSE - MEMORIAL MUSEUM (far right)
SPRING IN H.B.
THE BUZZARDS ARE BACK!
SPRING MIGRANTS IN THE HARBOR
A SURE SIGN OF SPRING!
THE JOSEPH H. THOMPSON SAILS INTO VIEW.
FIRST FULL DAY OF SPRING, MARCH 21, 2021 - 8:30 A.M.
WISHING THE CAPTAIN AND CREW:
"HAPPY SAILING AND A GREAT SEASON!"
UPBOUND OFF PORT HOPE - SPECIAL THANKS TO
FIRST MATE DAVID CONNELL FOR THE HEADS-UP.
STAFFORD PARK, PORT HOPE, MICH.
FIRST FULL DAY OF SPRING
HOODED MERGANSERS
SPRING RAINBOW & WIND TURBINES
END OF THE RAINBOW? A POT OF GOLD?
(South of Minden City) + REST IN PEACE, C.F.L. +
Short video, "SPRING MERGANSERS": it's on my YouTube Channel.
FROM THE WINDOW
(WINTER BIRD LIST)
November 26, 2020 - March 20, 2021
1. blue jay 16. red-bellied woodpecker
2. chickadee 17. hairy woodpecker
3. titmouse 18. mourning dove
4. goldfinch 19. house sparrow
5. junco 20. white-throated sparrow
6. downy woodpecker 21. pine siskin
7. carolina wren 22. starling
8. cardinal 23. crow*
9. redpoll 24. screech owl*
10. house finch 25. brown creeper*
11. tree sparrow 26. cedar waxwing*
12. song sparrow 27. pileated woodpecker*
13. white-breasted nuthatch 28. accipiter/sharp-shinned/cooper's*
14. red-winged blackbird 29. canada goose*
15. grackle 30. tundra swan*
* = NAF / not at feeder
ACTIVE EAGLE NESTS**
** CURRENT COUNT - MARCH 29, 2021:
1. Verona State Game Area
2. M-25, North of Harbor Beach
3. Jenks Rd., West of M-25
4. M-19, North of Ubly
5. Obee Rd. (Minden Township) Sanilac Co.
Verona State Game Area
Jenks Rd.
2021
ROADSIDE RACCOON
To my surprise, it crossed the road and walked right up to the car! Tame? Hungry? Sick?
I stopped and photographed this young raccoon from a distance. Then I pulled up closer.
Not something you see everyday....or get a chance to photograph!
"FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS"
....PLUS A FEW MORE!
"BYE, BYE, BLACKBIRDS!"
SPRING MIGRATION - March 27, 2021
PUSSY WILLOWS
OFTEN A FIRST SPRING BOUQUET
MALLARDS
EASTER SUNRISE ON LAKE HURON
APRIL 4, 2021
MY TRADITION!
"GONNA FIND ME A BLUEBIRD"
"LET HIM SING ME A SONG"
++++++ 8TH ANNIVERSARY ++ APRIL 9, 2021 ++++++
"APRIL IS THE CRUELEST MONTH...." T.S. ELIOT
MOURNING CLOAK IN THE BACKYARD ON
THE ANNIVERSARY - STRANGE COINCIDENCE!
MOM ALWAYS LIKED MY SPRING FLOWERS.
++++++ REST IN PEACE ++++++
