NATURE FEATURE: Swallow nestlings hunkered down in a cupped nest on the
side of a cliff.

NATURE FEATURE: A light rain tempts out the first lightning bugs.

NATURE FEATURE: Migrating birds flood the woods, heralded by the ethereal song of the Wood Thrush.

NATURE FEATURE: The first day of overwhelming insect activity brings the year's first bat out of hibernation.

NATURE FEATURE: Spring has entered the woods with the first hepatica blooms.

NATURE FEATURE: Spring peepers joined the floodplain chorus.

NATURE FEATURE: A mink ran lightly along the creekbank before disappearing into a hole.

NATURE FEATURE: New shoots are peeking up between last year's brown sedge and grass blades.

NATURE FEATURE: Every week, a new bird enters the spring chorus. Today a Song Sparrow tentatively tested out his song.

NATURE FEATURE: Birds forage in a brief flurry of activity before fluffing up their feathers and hunkering down to cope with weather near 0 F.