Wildflowers are blooming. Trees are leafing out. Spring is bursting out all over the Lower Chippewa valley.
T. flexipes Declining Trillium
Smilacina stellata Starry False Solomon's Seal
Trilliums and False Solomon Seal are in bloom.
Cliff Swallows have returned to the Durand riverfront Sunday. They got right to it with rebuilding their mud nests. Bank Swallows arrived yesterday. Tree Swallows continue to battle with starlings and House Sparrows over nesting holes.
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers arrived today - and along with them, the Yellow and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Chipping Sparrow
House Wren
The ubiquitous Chipping Sparrows and House Wrens are making noise and flashing their feathers - setting up their territory and building nests.
