Phenology
Phenology is the study of the timing and changes of the season.
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2024 Observations
| Date | Location | Observation | Comments |
| 2/20/24 | Springfield, MA | Robins in groups | |
| 3/2/24 | General Knox Road, Russell, MA | Snowdrops in bloom Last ice gone on Russell Pond | |
| 3/23/24 | Mill Pond, Springfield | Common Mergansers pair | |
| 3/25/24 | Hampden, MA | Pair of Hawks | |
| 4/12/24 | West Suffield Wildlife Reserve, West Suffield, CT | Northern Towhee | |
| 4/20/24 | Sanderson Brook Falls, Chester, MA | Purple Trillium Wild Ginger Round Leaf Violet Dutchman’s Britches Squirrel Corn | |
| 4/21/24 | Sofinowski Preserve, Southwick, MA | Purple Trillium Celandine Poppy Wood Anemone Azure Bluets Common Ramping-fumitory | |
| 4/23/24 | Mill Pond, Springfield | Egret | |
| 4/27/28 | Knightsville Dam, Huntington, MA | Purple Trillium Bloodroot Wild Oats wood Anemone | |
| 4/28/24 | Upper Spectacle Pond, Otis | American Fly-Honeysuckle Periwinkle Purple Trillium | |
| 4/30/24 | Sanderson Brook Falls, Chester | Rose twisted-stalk Toothwort Foamflower Jack-in-the-Pulpit Hobblebush Dutchman’s Britches Squirrel Corn Purple Trillium Round-leaf Violet Wild Ginger Small-flowered Buttercup Red berried Elder Wood Anemone | |
| 5/1/24 | West Suffield Wildlife Refuge | Common Yellowthroat | |
| 5/4/24 | Knightsville Dam Road, Huntington | Black-throated Blue Warbler Black & White Warbler American Redstart Rose-breasted Grosbeak Yellow Warbler Serviceberry Small-flowered Buttercup Jack-in-the-Pulpit Ground-ivy Wild Strawberry Toothwort Wood Anemone Purple Trillium Garlic Mustard Squirrel Corn Wild Oats Sessile Bellwort Common Blue Violet Labrador Violet | |
| 5/5/24 | West Suffield Wildlife Refuge | Prairie Warbler | |
| 5/6/24 | West Suffield Wildlife Refuge | Bobolink | |
| 5/7/24 | West Suffield Wildlife Refuge | Eastern Kingbird | |
| 5/8/24 | Russell Watershed, Pine Hill Road, Russell | Blue-headed Vireo Wood Thrush Oenbird Scarlet Tanager Blackburnian Warbler Red-eyed Vireo Pine Warbler American RedStart Black & White Warbler | |
| 5/9/24 | West Suffield Wildlife Refuge | Brown Thrasher | |
| 5/11/24 | Bob’s Way, Monterey | Red-eyed Vireo Eastern Pheobe Scarlet Tanager Blue Jay Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Foamflower Purple Trillium Painted Trillium Bluets Hobblebush Wild Oats | |
| 5/11/24 | Mill Pond, Old Acre Road, Springfield | Wild Turkey | |
| 5/12/24 | West Suffield Wildlife Refuge | Baltimore Oriole Indigo Bunting Gay Wings | |
| 5/16/24 | Upper Spectacle Pond, Otis | red eye vireo Black-throated Green Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Scarlet Tanager Great Crested Flycatcher Ovenbird Periwinkle Garlic Mustard Jack-in-the-Pulpit White Baneberry Small flowered buttercup Blue Bead Lily Round-leaved violet Sweet White Violet Foamflower |
2023 Observations
| Date | Location | Observation | Comment |
| 4/22 | Knightsville Dam road | Purple Trillium in bloom | Natural History Link |
| 4/23 | General Knox Road, Russell | Small Leaf Rhododendron in bloom | |
| 4/23 | Sanderson Brook Falls | Rose Twisted Stalk Hobblebush Dutchman’s Britches Squirrel Corn Purple Trillium Black-throated Green Warbler | More Natural History Notes Listen to the Black-throated Green Warbler’s song |
| 5/3 | Sanderson Brook Falls | Wood Anemone Foamflower Dutchman’s Britches Squirrel Corn Purple Trillium Toothwort Jack-in-the-pulpit Sweet White Violet Dog Violet Wild Ginger Wild Oats Trout Lily Black-throated Green Warbler | |
| 5/6 | Bob’s Way, Monterey | Hobblebush Purple Trillium Sweet White Violet Round-leaved Violet Dog Violet Wild Oats Bluets | |
| 5/8 | West Suffield (CT) Wildlife Refuge | Brown Thrasher Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow | |
| 5/13 | Bob’s Way, Monterey | Fading Flowers: Purple Trillium Hobblebush Flowers in Bud: Indian Cucumberroot Bluebead Lily Solomon’s Seal Canada Mayflower Flowers in Bloom: Painted Trillium Sweet White Violet Starflower Wild Oats Foamflower Bluets Birds: Ovenbird Black-throated Blue Warbler Veery Red-eyed Vireo Blackburnian Warbler Scarlet Tanager Black-capped Chickadee | More Natural History Notes |
| 5/14 | Knightsville Dam Road, Huntington | Flowers in Bloom: Golden Alexanders Toothwort Garlic Mustard Dog Violet Sweet White Violet Wild Strawberry Birds: Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Spotted Sandpiper Chestnut Sided Warbler American Redstart Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch Warbling Vireo |  American Redstart  Baltimore Oriole in Belize this past February. He’s made the trip home. |
| 5/15 | West Suffield (CT) Wildlife Refuge | Indigo Bunting Common Yellowthroat Brown Thrasher Eastern Towhee | |
| 5/21 | Russell Watershed, Pine Hill Rd, Russell, MA | Wild Columbine White Baneberry Wild Sarsaparilla | |
2022 observations
| Date | Location | observations | comments |
| 3/12 | Southwick Wildlife Management Area | Eastern Bluebird singing | |
| 3/16 | General Knox Road, Russell, MA | Singing Tufted Titmouse | |
| 3/17 | General Knox Road, Russel, MA | Snowdrops in bloom | |
| 3/19 | Southwick Wildlife Management Area | Wood Frogs active in vernal pool | |
| 3/19 | Wilbraham MA | Spring Peepers singing | |
| 3/29 | City View BVD, Westfield, MA | skunk cabbage emerging | |
| 3/30 | General Knox Rd, Russell, MA | Crocuses emerge | |
| 4/10 | Nobleview, Russell, MA | Coltsfoot in bloom | |
| 4/12 | General Knox Rd, Russell, MA | Trout lily leaves emerge | |
| 4/15 | Knightsville Dam upper road, Huntington MA | Blood Root in Bloom |  |
| Knightsville Dam upper road | Greater Yellow Legs |  | |
| 4/16 | Appalachian Trail south of Ice Glenn, Monterey, MA | Trailing Arbutus in bloom |  |
| 4/23 | Steepletop Reservation (BNRC) | Trout lily in bloom |  |
| 4/23 | Steepletop Reservation (BNRC) | Spring Beauty in bloom |  |
| 4/23 | Steepletop Reservation (BNRC) | Coltsfoot in bloom |  |
| 4/24 | Steepletop Reservation (BNRC) | Round-leaved Yellow Violet in Bloom |  |
| 2/28 | General Knox Road | Service berry in bloom | |
| 4/30 | Chester-Blandford State Forest (Sanderson Brook Falls & H Newman Marsh Trail) | In Bloom: Red Trillium Trout Lily Dutchman’s Britches Squirrel Corn Uvularia northern white violet round-leaved yellow violet Hobblebush Singing: Blue-headed vireo Black & White Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler | |
| 4/30 | General Knox Road, Russell | Rhododendron in bloom | |
| 5/5 | Suffield Wildlife Management Area, Suffield CT | Eastern Towhee singing | |
| 5/7 | Mount Greylock (Jones Nose & CCC Dynamite Trails) | in Bloom: Purple Trillium Trout Lily Spring Beauty Dutchman’s Britches Blue Cohosh Singing: Purple Finch | |
| 5/8 | H Newman Marsh Trail, Chester, MA | In Bloom: Purple Trillium Painted Trillium Trout Lily Dutchman’s Britches Squirrel Corn Yellow round-leaved violet Northern white violet Dog volet Hobblebush In Bud: Blue-bead Lily Canada Mayflower Foamflower | |
| 5/9 | Suffield Wildlife Management Area, Suffield CT | Eastern Meadowlark | |
| 5/10 | Suffield Wildlife Management Area, Suffield CT | Northern Mockingbird | |
| 5/12 | Suffield Wildlife Management Area, Suffield CT | Common Yellowthroat | |
| 5/13 | Knittel Conservation Area | In Bloom: Starflower Blueberrry Dog Violet Bluets Singing: Ovenbird Black-throated Blue Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler | |
| 5/18 | Upper Spectacle Pond, Otis | In Bloom: Starflower Foamflower Golden Alexanders Common Blue Violet Downy Yellow Violet Vinca White Banberry Singing: Scarlet Tanager Ovenbird Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler |   |