March 27, 2004 - Great Dismal Swamp - Jericho Ditch, Railroad Ditch, Lake Drummond - 65F - Sunny
- NON-CLASS 

Birds(* = our first sighting for this season)

American Robin
Black and White Warbler
Blue Jay
*Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Brown-Headed Nuthatch
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Common Yellowthroat
Double-Crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Common Grackel
*Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhee
European Starling
Great Blue Heron
Hairy Woodpecker
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker (Yellow-Shafted)
Pileated Woodpecker
Pine Warbler
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Turkey Vulture
*Tundra Swan
White-Breasted Nuthatch
White-Eyed Vireo
White-Throated Sparrow
Wood Duck
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
b>Plants\

Acer rubrum - Red Maple - samara's full, some leaves 2.5 cm
Arelia spinosaHercules Club, Devil's Walking Stick - 1-2 cm new growth
Cardamine hirsuta - Hairy Bittercrress - blooming
Clethra alnifolia - Sweet Pepper - no new flowers, old seed pods persistant, leaf buds 4mm
Gelsimium sempervirens - Yellow Jasmine - blooming
Ilex opacca - Virginia Holly
Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweet Gum, Gum Ball Tree - buds 1 cm
Lonicer japonica - Japanese Honeysuckel - lvs full/evergreen, no new flowers
Lyonia lingustrina - Male Berry - lvs full/evergreen, old seed pods persistant, no new flowers
Persea borbonia - Red Bay w/ galls
Smilax laurifolia - Greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia - Greenbrier
Sorbus arbutifolia - full bloom
Stellaria media - Common Chickweed - blooming
Taraxacum officinale - Dandilion - blooming
Vaccinium corymbosum - Highbush Blueberry - full bloom

Others
- lots of deer tracks, possible bear tracks
- dog tick
- Mud Douber's nests
- Praying Mantis nests - two species 
- Carpenter Frogs, Spring Peepers, Leopard Frogs, Gree Tree Frogs calling