A third of 2021 has passed by and everyone is hoping for better days. May Day is celebrated in a range from International Workers' Day to kids twirling ribbons around a May Pole. Here's some local scenes that welcome the new month. First car wash! First dandelions. Sunrise going north fast. A grain ship so large it had to back out of port.
In the search for daytrips, this week's was a first-time walk in a nearby marsh area. Awesome acres of wet and dry. Iridescent swallows buzzing us away from their nests. Muskrat mounds so familiar from a farm long ago. And did I mention the shiny swallows?
We're also getting waves of feathered migrants up the hill. The annual mallard mating in the pond. Flickers getting good at grubbing. So many types of sparrows --- is this one really called a "bike-helmet head"? And the unmistakable redwing blackbird boasting sergeant stripes--- and getting respect.
The first yellow gloss of goldfinches, scouts for the hundreds to come. The first towhee, scratching and scraping in the seeds. And red birds, some of which are called purple finches. Go figure.
Did you see the news about the 100-year old sturgeon caught in the Detroit River, where I fished as a boy? More than 6 feet long and over 200 pounds --- she probably swam by me hundreds of times back then. I'm so inspired that this blog is being posted early so I can get to a Sturgeon tomorrow. Wish me luck...
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