This morning abut 11:00 AM, as Jane and I were finishing our daily walk
around the place, climbing up to the farmhouse out of the Spring Hollow
ravine, I heard my first-of-season brown thrasher singing its paired and
occasionally trebled phrases from somewhere around the north lot.

As Tom Bain mentioned a while ago, I also have been puzzled by the
implications of the timing of this odd early Spring. I saw Mayapples
emerging this morning, which I guess means that they might become
Aprilapples. Spring beauties, toothwort, bloodroot, it's all popping up
everywhere. There is already plenty of pasture, which means that hay
consumption is way down. I like to see the sheep and horses out working for
a living.

I am leaving tomorrow for thirteen days of business in southern California,
so I probably will miss the arrival of the Louisiana waterthrushes. My
earliest date here for this species is March 31. Although I see John had
one up by the Lake this morning, our specific birds usually arrive a week
or so after others see them in the state. One of my absolute favorite
birdsongs...

Bob Evans
Geologist, etc.
Hopewell Township, Muskingum County

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