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March nature study

Common henbit (Lamium amplexicaule )

Sand bittercress (Cardamine parviflora )

Purple dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum )

Creeping phlox (Phlox stolonifera )
Forsythia (Forsythia × intermedia )

Forsythia flowers in a vase.

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Can anybody guess what this bird is? Please comment.

And this one, too?


Persian speedwell (Veronica persica ) is beautiful at this time of year!


Comments

  1. Nice job. Thanks for teaching me two new ones. I wish I could see the birds a bit more clearly. I know more birds than wildflowers.

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    1. The birds were pretty high up in a tree, so I had to use the zoom function. - John Paul

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  2. I know where you found that creeping phlox! There's more near the mailbox, too.

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    1. I didn't know if the phlox by the mailbox was blooming yet. - John Paul

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  3. House sparrow and a field sparrow? -Gabe

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  4. Cool post, John Paul! I've always been interested in nature. -Finn

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