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| Red-Tailed Hawk, Buteo Jamacensis |
Hiked Norwood Farm today in some light rain showers. Trees are still bare, highlighting a pearl grey landscape and sky. Peaceful. Beneath the brown grasses, there is a hint of new green. Today I recognized that the path is lined with sheep laurel, and not just on either side of the wooden walkway. A glimpse of British soldier’s lichen in bloom surprises me.
Met another woman hiker; neither of us wearing masks and deciding not to put them on as we passed each other. A flicker wik-wik-wik-ed; a beautiful red tail hawk perched on a tree. It’s white breast gleamed amidst the grey until it flew off. Blue jays were energetic, a flock of 20 robins fed in a field. No ducks sheltered on the ponds.
Birders are viewing to report “first of year” sightings: first Oystercatcher (March 23) first great egret, first phoebe, (March 26), first osprey ( March 27). It’s a March of firsts.
This is the time of the March full moon, called the Worm moon, but also the Paschal Moon. Passover starts on the evening of the first full moon after the northern vernal equinox. Easter is celebrated the Sunday after the Paschal full moon. There is something so comforting in knowing that the spring festivals and celebrations have been scheduled by human beings for thousands of years by the position of the sun and the moon.
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| Moonrise |
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| Sunrise |
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| Norward Farm Oak |
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| British Soldier Lichen blooming, Cladonia Cristatella |
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