20 March 2013, 14:50 CDST

Art Fleming Trail, Danville IL
40ºF Partly Cloudy NNW and Blustery

Today is the first day of spring.

03-20-2013 001.
Robins searching for food.

I spottedf 3 Tardus migratoris (American Robins) searching for food in the meadow, 1 Passer domesticus (Mourning Dove) in the ticket.

I also observed that all of the trails were heavily traveled by Deer.







03-20-2013 007.
New buds on a bramble cain.



03-20-2013 002.
Moss

03-20-2013 006.
Ferns

Vegetation is slowly starting to show. Mosses are starting to show. Brambles are starting to bud.







03-20-2013 005.
Looking downstream from the bridge.

03-20-2013 004.
Looking upstream from the first bridge.



03-20-2013 003.
Algae in the stream.

 



I observed a Picoides pubescens (Downey Woodpecker) on a tree in the marshy area.

On exiting the trail I saw 16 Robins foraging in the meadow. I also observed an unidentified bird.