April 1

 Today started off gray and cold. It wasn’t terrible since the wind was just a breeze but Rosie’s Pond was empty and the thicket was quiet. I popped out onto Palermo St. and the day got wonderful. The Ospreys are back. There was a pair who took turns roosting on the platform and sitting on the poles out on the flats. It was great to see these huge birds back again.

The Outlook Path was full of bird noise and the loudest was this Flicker. He wasn’t continuously calling but when he was, even the Redwings could not compete with his volume.

A little further along, I saw my first tree leaves of the year. They’re not Christmas lights but they are bright.

Out at the Overlook, I caught this Redwing male with mouth open sounding off at full volume.

Then came the best part of the day, the Egrets are back.

These two Great Egrets were in the Boardwalk pool and they were terribly unconcerned about my presence. Usually the Greats are far more wary and less tolerant of humans. I was able to get in even closer.

The park was full of Grackles and Bennington St is now being  torn up for some public works project.  I was talking with some one I know. I was telling her about what I had seen today and then about the swans by the BYC.  She hadn’t seen the swans yet and just then the three of them flew right by as if on command. It was another terrific sight.

Today was great. The big birds are coming back and that means all the others will soon be here, swallows, orioles, bobolinks and waxwings.  Hurra!

-Ciao!

-Jorge

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