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| White-throated sparrow (left) has yellow markings on its face that make this bird stand out. I think bird on right is a female house sparrow. (Photo by Don Comis) |
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| Photographing this moth at my porch light tonight starts my moth-hunting season, to see how many more moths I can add to the listing for Knox County, Ohio, on www.butterfliesandmoths.org. (Photo by Don Comis) |
Today, Easter Sunday, was spring to me. I brought out the outdoor furniture and had my lunch outside with a glass of wine and was treated to many sights and sounds. Most exciting for me was finally seeing the chipping sparrow return from the south.
I also saw my first cabbage white butterfly and my first big flock of bees and wasps of the season. The bees and wasps were eating nectar from the flowers of an ornamental tree in my neighbor's yard.
I also saw a small bird, maybe a bluebird, check out a pileated woodpecker birdhouse, and a blackbird, probably a grackle or starling, seeming to have settled in a red-headed woodpecker birdhouse.
By nightfall, I was treated to the sight of the first moth of the season near our porch light. Not as exciting, I saw my first house fly buzzing nearby.
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