HollerPhenology

Today in the holler: Wood Thrush

I went out on my holler walk later than usual and was rewarded with some wood thrush music:

 

 

More info on the wood thrush at All About Birds (Cornell Ornithology Lab).

Out in the holler: busy phoebes and a barred owl

Here's a video I got of the awesome phoebe parents feeding their chicks today:

 

 

And here's some audio of the barred owl I posted about yesterday:

 

For info on this bird you can visit the barred owl page at All About Birds (Cornell Ornithology Lab).

Spring keeper

I stopped at the Pioneer spring today, and happened across one of the spring keepers:

Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) at Pioneer (Tennessee) spring on 7 May 2012 [Photo credit: Cathie Bird]

Here's a link to the herpetology page at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory for some info on the spring salamander.

It has been an early and busy spring here in the holler...I hope to have time this week to do some more posts, including photos and videos: there are three eastern phoebe chicks in a nest on my porchlight, the bullfrogs are out, and tonight I caught some barred owl calls on video!