Usually this time of year I would be heading up to the mountains for spring migration, but I just haven't found the motivation. That being said some of our closer spots are pretty good.
Greater Yellowlegs - Mason Inlet should always be checks for some of the earliest migrants which are the shorebirds.
Yellow Jessamine at Carolina Beach.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow at the Battleship. This spot has always been where I get my first roughies for the year. They nest in holes in the side of the battleship. This one was collecting nesting material.
This piece of wood looks a bit big but it was light enough.
Another one coming in for a refill, looking rather coy.
Cooper's Hawk raiding the sandpiper party.
Sweetgum. A visit to Brunswick Nature Park was uneventful for birds but great for some plants.
Pinxter Azalea - most azaleas you see in Wilmington are not native but this beauty is!
Sweetleaf - I thought I knew my plants to a certain extent but this was new to me.
Sweetleaf is all over in BNP.
Sweetleaf Gall - Wow! A gall that looks like a flower. This gall is caused by a fungus and apparently it is edible but I didn't try it.
A Swallow-tailed Kite was still patrolling the area on Governor's Rd in Winnabow.
Prairie Warbler - fast forward a week when I visited Holly Shelter gamelands.
Common Yellowthroat
Fetterbush Lyonia
This stuff is all over in Holly Shelter.
The Anhinga rookery is going strong.
Crimson Clover! Whole fields of this were blooming in the Dove Fields.
Worm-eating Warbler
It was so nice at the Bear Garden side of Holly Shelter that I went back the next day to get some better shots.
Summer Tanager
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Worm-eating
Ovenbird
Pine Warbler
Sheep Laurel! Holly Shelter is such an interesting place. Makes you wonder with the current administration if all these lands are at risk and if we will lose some pretty important plant species that only seem to thrive in some wild corners.
Prothonotary Warbler
Blue Corporal - Female I think....
Hermit Thrush
White-eyed Vireo
I really love the Bear Garden Tract of Holly Shelter. I bet another week or so we will have Swainson's and Kentucky Warblers there.
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