Spring is Singing and Springing

Returning home, it was super-nice to find Spring arriving around the Kent Narrows Chesapeake Bay area. My four signs of Spring are robins, osprey, daffodils, and crocus. I saw all four the very next morning on my way to the office. 🙂

American Robin

Daffodil

Crocus

Osprey on Rt. 50 Sign Overhang in middle of two 3-lane highways

Patiently waiting for his/her mate since 2/28/16 (sighted by blogger friend Tammy!)

I also found Marshy Creek full of ducks. Lots and lots of ducks!

Ducks resting and eating in Marshy Creek

That’s a lot of ducks!
They were gone the next day probably migrating North.

And finally a welcome back from an American Eagle doing a fly-by.

American Bald Eagle

I hope Spring is singing and springing where you live! 🙂

Tags: American Robin, bird, birding, Birds, birdwatching, Chesapeake, Chesapeake Bay, eagle, Eastern Shore, Grasonville, Kent Narrows, Marshy Creek, Maryland, nature, Osprey, Oyster Cove, photographs, photography, photos, waterfowl

28 thoughts on “Spring is Singing and Springing”

belindagroverphotography on 03/13/2016 at 7:08 AM said:

Welcome signs of spring, I particularly like the Eagles.

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/13/2016 at 7:19 AM said:
  
  Thanks Belinda! 🙂
  
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Laura (Createarteveryday) on 03/13/2016 at 8:38 AM said:

Wonderful, Donna! Wow, and I’m so glad you were greeted by all of your spring favorites. Thanks for the lovely photos. The eagle with its mouth open is my favorite. 💜

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/15/2016 at 8:01 PM said:
  
  Thanks, Laura, I wondered if it was the same Eagle that stopped to say bye when I left! 😉
  
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kathydoremus on 03/13/2016 at 10:24 AM said:

Three cheers for spring!

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/15/2016 at 8:06 PM said:
  
  Yea! Yea! Yea!
  
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anotherday2paradise on 03/13/2016 at 2:19 PM said:

Gorgeous signs of Spring, Donna. Love your eagle captures and that sure is a lot of ducks. 🙂

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/15/2016 at 8:12 PM said:
  
  Thanks Sylvia! It was a lucky sighting to see all those ducks doing a stop-over for rest and food, they were gone the next morning, poof, just like that, continuing their journey home for the summer! 🙂
  
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quietsolopursuits on 03/13/2016 at 3:22 PM said:

Beautiful signs of spring, with some bonus eagles! I loved them all.

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/15/2016 at 8:14 PM said:
  
  Thanks, Jerry! I think the eagles have become really good friends with me. 😉
  
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roythoman on 03/13/2016 at 3:57 PM said:

We have robins here in the winter. They left a while ago, I’m glad to see they have made it back to the north safely.

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/15/2016 at 8:15 PM said:
  
  It just doesn’t seem possible to be in somewhere else in the U.S. and not see a robin during the summer, lol. We tend to think a real common bird for us is a common bird for others. Thanks, Roy, your comment was quite interesting! 🙂
  
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aussiebirder on 03/13/2016 at 5:46 PM said:

Beautiful Donna! Love your robin reflection also. How lovely spring is! We are having an extended summer, autumn seems to have been forgotten here with continuing heatwave conditions, the hottest and longest summer in recorded history. It is lovely that the signs of spring were all there for you, it is such an active time as creation replenishes itself:-)

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/15/2016 at 8:18 PM said:
  
  Thanks, Ashley! I love spring and fall, with all the changes that beautify nature. So sorry you’re almost losing your fall with all the heat. Fall provides such splendid coloring. Hope things improve quickly for you! 🙂
  
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  - aussiebirder on 03/16/2016 at 1:41 AM said:
    
    It just started cooling a little and then it warmed up again, so it is somewhat confusing for some fauna and flora. We noticed cormorants going into another breeding season. Unlike the USA most of our trees are evergreen, and only introduced trees shed their leaves. Have a lovely spring week Donna!
    
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tootlepedal on 03/13/2016 at 6:03 PM said:

Hooray for your spring. We are hearing the first notes of ours.

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/15/2016 at 8:20 PM said:
  
  I’m glad to hear that for you! I’ll be over to catch back up with you, Tom, your crocus’ always make me smile. 🙂
  
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avian101 on 03/13/2016 at 9:25 PM said:

Seems like your weather and ours has improved brilliantly! Great photos Donna! 🙂

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/15/2016 at 8:21 PM said:
  
  Sometimes we think Spring will never arrive, huh?!! But it always does, and does so beautifully. 🙂
  
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Pam on 03/15/2016 at 5:59 PM said:

Spring – my favorite season. That eagle flying picture is amazing!

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/15/2016 at 8:56 PM said:
  
  I love when the Eagles do a fly-by of my balcony, each time is like the first time, my adrenaline pumps wildly while I try to lock on my focus! 🙂
  
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  - Pam on 03/15/2016 at 9:35 PM said:
    
    Wow! Fantastic! And it’s not easy getting a flying bird in focus.
    
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ventisqueras on 03/17/2016 at 12:49 AM said:

amo moltissimo la natura e le immagini con cui i tuoi occhi la guardano! in particolare il pettirosso americano, molto più grande e colorato che di quelli che ora sono nel mio giardino!
Grzie infinite e buona giornata

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/17/2016 at 7:46 AM said:
  
  Grazie mille per i tuoi commenti! Abbiamo molte Robins ora, e sono molto attivi. E ‘così piacevole vedere loro dopo inverni freddi, non è vero? !! Vi auguro una buona giornata!
  
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Tiny on 03/17/2016 at 1:42 PM said:

Lovely signs of spring, Donna! All of them, but particularly the O…. 😃 I will return home tomorrow night and will need to check what the signs of spring look like in the salt marsh.

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/19/2016 at 9:01 PM said:
  
  Thanks Helen, looking forward to getting an update on the salt marsh! 🙂
  
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Jet Eliot on 03/20/2016 at 11:29 AM said:

Such a lovely homecoming for you Donna! I love that you saw all four of your spring signs in one day. The osprey on the freeway sign is an impressive find. All your photos here are delightful, as usual, but I find that first bald eagle photo especially awesome.

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- bayphotosbydonna on 03/21/2016 at 9:39 AM said:
  
  Thanks so much, Jet! It was indeed special. The osprey over our six-lane highway are ‘famous’ locally, the first nest has been there for years. We had four last year. 🙂 And I love my eagles that just fly on by me on my balcony, it’s an exciting occasion each time!
  
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