Buzzard Swamp in spring

   It has been almost six months since I walked Buzzard Swamp, where back in November there were bald eagles and the first dusting of snow. Two days ago tree swallows were common and I noticed this robin egg in which an unfortunate fly had become stuck in the yolk while trying to have a meal. Those swallows look cold but the temperature was in the mid sixties so their huddled appearance is misleading. Geese and red wing blackbirds were also abundant in the open marshy fields, as were angle wing butterflies and a few cabbage butterflies. It is still early spring here with an incomplete canopy and the first blossoms like dandelion, adders tongue, violets and mustard.