Nature Notes ~ Mid-April

Gorgeous spring week here: highs in the upper 50s and sunny. Today we might hit 70 degrees! ****************************************** Just spent several minutes trying to photograph an enormous woodpecker at the feeders. I have to look him up in the bird guide to be sure of his id but he visits rarely - and is so skittish. I took pictures from where I sat at the table (through a window and window screen) so who knows if the pics will come out. But I knew if I tried to get up close to the window he'd vamoose. ****************************************** Blooming now: forsythia, crocus, daffodils, dandelions, a few flowering trees. ******************************************