Phenology is the study of the timing and changes of the season.
You can keep a record on your Phenology Charts and return to Nancy Condon or “email Tom Condon“with any sightings which will be posted here or you can use our new
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