NWS RADAR (click here!) is showing a big mass of birds headed north, over the Florida Keys right now and approaching the Florida mainland.

That’s not rain. It’s birds! :) Welcome back, little guys!!

“The hepaticas are blooming… here are some of my favorite shots. :)”

From The Hepatica Gallery, posted by Karin Hankwitz on 4/15/2010 (4 items)

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Several nighttime radars showed considerable bird movement around 10PM Central, Sunday, April 11th.

The Quad Cities had the best bird signatures of all, kind of a big GLOB of birds moving northwesterly right smack dab over QC.

There was a strong influx of birds from the southeast on the Duluth, MN radar.

The Milwaukee, WI radar showed SSE-to-NNW activity up through the central part of the state of Wisconsin. It  also showed big clouds of pollution billowing out over Lake Michigan from both Chicago and Milwaukee, then getting picked up by the prevailing southerly wind over the water, and blowing north.

The Green Bay, WI radar showed very faint SE-to-NW signatures of birds moving up through the central part of the state, as well. Movement within +/- 50 miles of the lakeshore wasn’t evident, so it will be interesting to see if there was significant bird movement overnight or not.

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April 10, 2010: One of my favorite harbingers of spring, Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), is blooming at Peninsula State Park.

You can find a beautiful little patch of it at the head of Hemlock Trail, which is a hiking trail just across the street from Weborg Point campground.

More info about Bloodroot HERE (wikipedia).

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