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| Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA |
First day of spring. "Birds begin nesting," says my Japanese almanac. "Doubt it, this year," I thought.
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| House Sparrow nest |
To my surprise the house sparrows have begun nesting. They didn't even wait for me to disinfect the box (my project today).
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| Eastern Bluebird, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA |
The resident bluebird pair, on the other hand, seem content to wait.
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| Eastern Bluebird, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA |
They, as usual, have their eye on box 16, under the giant oak (see top image). Box 16 will need a day to air out (disinfectant) but then it will be good to go.
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| Wood Ducks, Charles River, Needham, MA |
In other first-day-of-spring bird news: wood ducks! Plus, hooded mergansers and, spotted for the first time at CRP cruising over the fields, black vultures! I thought they were big crows and then I saw the white wing tips. Black vultures in Massachusetts. That's a scary global warming trend.
