Somes Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary
The Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary is dedicated to conservation, research, and education in the Somes Pond-Long Pond watershed and beyond
The morning's new white coating and temps in the 20s are not keeping the local song sparrow male from singing away. Slow transition to spring this year!
Nice light and cool clouds after sunset to compensate for the gray day. One loon resting on Upper Hadlock Pond + a chattering kingfisher, none at Lower Hadlock. Wood frogs and peepers are very vocal in many locations this relatively warm evening.
On a damp, dark day, it is nice to hear this song sparrow singing his welcome song from his alder perch amidst beautiful, dangling catkins. It is fun watching him defend his territory from a couple of other males who are interested in this spot, although he is probably not enjoying the competition!
Other signs of spring this morning in this guy's territory near Somes Pond include wood duck and hooded merganser pairs starting to check out nesting locations (both of them are tree cavity nesters) and my 1st osprey sighting of the season🙂
