Field Notes and Photos - March 2020

Four baby squirrels seen on March 31

My Field Notes and Photos observations used to publish in a newspaper, but a lack of demand for my nature photography led to diminished newsprint space. Now when I have a fresh batch of observations I share them via Lowcountry Outdoors.

Here's a look at the TWO nesting hollows

I write each year that Spring is an important time to simply be watchful for what may emerge as warming trends in nature inspires flowers to bloom, insects to thrive and for critters to reproduce. Especially in this time of social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is especially heartening for me to see so many taking time to appreciate the outdoors. I recently have been thinking back to many years ago when I witnessed baby flying squirrels coming out of a nesting tree hollow in a woodland swamp, which unfortunately was before my instinct to document such a unique encounter with photos. Then by chance this year, I stumbled across a grey squirrel nesting tree, in a public area. The tree has two hollows and not all of the young squirrels emerge at the same time from each location, so it took me several days of patiently waiting for the photo of all four heads lined up in only one nesting hollow. I am thankful for the powers of observation, keen eyesight, and veteran wildlife watching radar that revealed this batch of squirrels for me to share with you, when many other folks walk right by this hardwood tree, unaware of nature's bounty.

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