Spring focus – fawns, flowers, fishing

Jerry Davis For Agri-View
May 25, 2024
May 25, 2024

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Male ruby-throated hummingbirds return before the females but are slow in appearing.

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White-tailed-deer fawn births will peak about May 25.

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Tiny white-pine pollen cones are filled with millions of pollen grains.

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Jerry Davis For Agri-View

Spring and early summer bring new opportunities, but first we’re closing the gathering gates on turkeys, morels, spring ephemerals and pollen in the wind.

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