Unless it was an error, today's newspaper switched from "pollen will return in the spring" to "Today's pollen outlook High." A lot of spring flowers are opening but it is the wind-pollinated flowers that cause allergic reactions, and those flowers are small and dull. Maybe the maple trees are responsible?
The male downy was on the suet at breakfast. The creek was full of wavy reflections. The usual suspects ate sunflower seeds and the white throats cleaned up what they dropped. The myrtle warbler was on patrol. But nothing ate the jelly.
Little flowers peeked out of the grass, mostly field pansy and birdseye speedwell veronica neither of which is a native. I saw a flower at the bottom of an azalea bush. The callery pears, of course, were everywhere.
Turtles were out on logs on the lake. A shoveler and several wood drakes paddled by them. Then I saw a wood duck pair just below me on the creek. They may have seen me because they headed across the water.
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