>
>In a message dated 4/8/2004 8:44:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> > I can also report that the spring beauties are peak, the bloodroot are
> > going by, and the cut-leaved toothwort just opened. Even under pewter skies
> > spring progresses.
> >
>
>Walter,
>  Spring Beauties are just beginning to open here, and my personal favorite
>spring ephemeral, the Bloodroot, has not yet bloomed. A few Trout Lilies are
>pushing out their nodding flowers, so things here are progressing, albeit
>a bit
>slower, right on track.
>
>What a great time to walk in the woods...
>
>Rick Sussman
>Ashton, Montgomery County, MD
>

Walter and Rick,
         The Bloodroot is blooming here, in all the places I know of. And
to everyone else on the list, I've had 4 to 6 purple Purple Finches
frequenting my feeder today. I also had my first spring Towhee yesterday!


Sharon Schwemmer
Hampstead,MD


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