Signs of Spring in Charlestown

After 18 years away, my first Spring back in RI has been a learning experience. I forgot how long a Winter can last (about as long as a Summer in Tucson).

My checklist has been filled for it being Spring:

• crocuses are blooming
• daffodils are ready to bloom
  
• spring peepers are peeping
• redwing blackbirds have returned (almost a month ago)
• grackles have returned (today)

No pictures today, but check out the video above for the Spring Peepers (taken at the Great Swamp Wildlife Refuge in North Kingstown, RI)

Turkeys and Timberdoodles

After a Winter that stretched on and on forever (at least compared to Tucson), our turkeys have returned to our yard and the Timberdoodles are doing their mating dance in the back field.

This was March 1st - hopefully the last of the snow this year


These are "our" turkeys, happily eating cracked corn


The Woodcocks, aka Timberdoodles, have also begun their mating rituals in our back yard, a hundred feet or so from our back porch. Dusk, for the month of March, will be "Timberdoodle Time"
Here are Woodcock pictures on Flickr