At last, the long winter appears to be abating, and the birds are singing and otherwise are more active than they were during the long stretch of cold weeks we had in New Jersey and the Northeast.
I went to the Pole Farm on Saturday, which started with fairly thick fog. It started lifting as I finished my walk, and I was able to get a few fair shots. We had more fog today, and I had fewer photo opportunities. But I do like the shot topping this post of a Northern cardinal perched on a tree against a gray sky.
I went back out to the Pole Farm this morning. In the afternoon, I made brief stops at the Plainsboro Preserve and at the Millstone River Impoundment in Princeton. The temperature reached 69 degrees and I was able to shed the windbreaker and walk the last stop in just a T-shirt.
Here are a few more photos from the weekend.
The Jersey Birder 