February 27, 2004 - Great Dismal Swamp - Washington Ditch - 40F - Sunny
Birds (* = our first sighting for this season)

American Robin
American Crow
Belted Kingfisher
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Common Grackel
Downy Woodpecker
Dark-Eyed Junco
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Turkey Vulture
White-Breasted Nuthatch
White-Throated Sparrow
Wood Duck
Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Plants

Stellaria media - Common Chickweed - blooming
Cardamine hirsuta - Hairy Bittercrress - blooming
Geranium carolinianum - Carolina Geranium - leaves full, no blooms
Polypodium polypodioides - Ressurection Ferm - fronds full
Fragaria virginiana - Wild Strawberry - no flowers
Arelia spinosaHercules Club, Devil's Walking Stick - no new growth
Phytolacca americana - Poke Weed - no new growth
Vaccinium corymbosum - Highbush Blueberry - buds 3-4 mm diam, mostly closed

Others
- lots of deer tracks
- 1st tick - Dog Tick
- Spring Peepers, Leopard Frogs, Gree Tree Frogs calling