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cattitude wandering around a bunch, and looking for flowers and such.
On East 55th Street, we saw three periwinkle flowers, our first of the season, in front of an apartment building.
The Central Park Zoo (about a mile north and west of that flowerbed) had several kinds of flowers. The highlight, for me, was the forsythia: a small bush growing out of a narrow bit of ground, almost entirely in flower. Later in the walk, we saw two more forsythias outside the zoo, one with just its first few flowers and one bright yellow. (All of these were small bushes.) The zoo also had more periwinkles, and some pale yellow, lightly scented Himalayan flowers of the rhododendron family (we recognized these from the Bronx Zoo); some pink flowers I think are fritillaries, and a plant with clusters of small white flowers.
Between the zoo and Columbus Circle, we also saw lots of snowdrops and a female robin (they generally arrive later than the males).
And this morning in Inwood Hill Park, we saw two hawks in a tree, acting as though they were considering nesting.
Cattitude is still looking for the first crocus, but it feels like the beginning of spring to me. (We've seen crocus buds in the last couple of days, and tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and warmer than yesterday or today.)
cattitude wandering around a bunch, and looking for flowers and such.On East 55th Street, we saw three periwinkle flowers, our first of the season, in front of an apartment building.
The Central Park Zoo (about a mile north and west of that flowerbed) had several kinds of flowers. The highlight, for me, was the forsythia: a small bush growing out of a narrow bit of ground, almost entirely in flower. Later in the walk, we saw two more forsythias outside the zoo, one with just its first few flowers and one bright yellow. (All of these were small bushes.) The zoo also had more periwinkles, and some pale yellow, lightly scented Himalayan flowers of the rhododendron family (we recognized these from the Bronx Zoo); some pink flowers I think are fritillaries, and a plant with clusters of small white flowers.
Between the zoo and Columbus Circle, we also saw lots of snowdrops and a female robin (they generally arrive later than the males).
And this morning in Inwood Hill Park, we saw two hawks in a tree, acting as though they were considering nesting.
Cattitude is still looking for the first crocus, but it feels like the beginning of spring to me. (We've seen crocus buds in the last couple of days, and tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and warmer than yesterday or today.)
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