The frogs are calling loudly - on Swan Line near Mitchells Bay we heard chorus frogs. The locals tell me they've heard them for two weeks! Tundra Swans continue to congregate in the field on the south side of the road. A snapper quickly crossed the road in front of our truck also on Swan Line. Killdeers, robins and grackles are out in force. We also saw a Northern Harrier outside Strathroy on Calvert.
After work, at Clark Wright CA in Strathroy I started out by seeing a stickleback fish in the water on the path (on top of grass). Turkey vultures soared above. A kingfisher flew back on forth over a pond calling out its territory. A dead Great Horned Owl just off the path was a strange sight. As dusk spring peepers started calling. Acccording to Dave Martin " Typically, they start calling at this
pond in the last week of March but we have had them earlier than today -
namely on March 8, 2000. As well, in 1995, we first heard peepers
calling on March 15." A woodcock also called from not far from the parking lot. On my way out, I heard something that sounded like dripping, at first I couldn't recognize it, but after some inspection I found hundreds of tiny grass hoppers jumping away from me.
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| Clark Wright CA |
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| American Robin, Turdus migratorius |
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| Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus |
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| If you look carefully there is a stickleback (?) in the photo above. This fish was observed on the walking path at Clarkwright |
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| Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura |
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