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Abe’s Arboretum Adventure – 5.3.2021 TEMPERATURE: 61 degrees F WIND: 8 mph, S BIRD SPECIES: 37 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S86997408) Bird migration is upon us. My avian friends have slowly been progressing north since the first red-winged blackbirds and waterfowl arrived in March, but now the onslaught has begun. Since last week I’ve added 15 new species to […]

Abe’s Arboretum Adventure – 4.26.2021 TEMPERATURE: 52 degrees F WIND: 15 mph, SSE BIRD SPECIES: 27 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S86420419) I’ve always thought I loved spring and fall equally. But this year, visiting the marsh every day, has revealed my one true love. The spring season. There is so much life brewing from our cold, dark, winters. Whether […]

Abe’s Arboretum Adventure – Earth Week Edition, 4.19.2021 TEMPERATURE : 38 degrees F WIND: 13 mph, NW Bird species: 28 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S85892646) Happy Earth Week all! I visit the marsh every day. It’s a short bike ride away from my apartment that I make most often in the morning, but some days around lunch and others […]

Abe’s Arboretum Adventure, 4.12.2021 TEMPERATURE: 50 degrees F WIND: 8 mph, from the West BIRD SPECIES: 29 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S85389269) The dry and warm spells ended this week with lots of rainy and overcast days and much lower temperatures. The rain was welcomed though – the water level at the marsh was getting low (see the difference […]

Abe’s Arboretum Adventure, 4.5.2021 TEMPERATURE: 61 degrees F WIND: 10 mph, from the South-South West BIRD SPECIES: 30 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S84840836) Last week, I might have described today’s cloudy morning as gloomy, but not after two days of sun and temps above 65 over the weekend. The temperatures will dip cooler again as we all know, but […]

Abe’s Arboretum Adventure Series – 3.29.2021 TEMPERATURE: 36 degrees F WIND: 11 mph, from the South BIRD SPECIES: 26 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S84328435) It was cloudy to the east and clear to the west to start the morning, but the sunshine peaked out and warmed me from the high winds coming from the south. After a week of […]