This photograph was taken not far from the Winchester Green Circle Trail through Abrams Creek Wetlands. My analyses were inconclusive, but please feel free to post opinions/digital enhancements.

Bog Creature?

Happy April 1.

In addition to a robin, you can also see yellow violets blooming in front of the trailcam.

Robin

Robin

Robin

This balloon landed in the woods by our house. I wonder how far it traveled in the wind…

Pink Balloon

Jason Samenow of The Capital Weather Gang reports (with pictures) on this morning’s rocket launches from Wallops Island, Virginia:

…The five launches were completed in slightly more than five minutes, spaced about 80 seconds apart.

Each of the ATREX (Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment) mission’s rockets emitted a chemical tracer that painted milky white streaks in the upper atmosphere…

Time Lapse Video

From Accuweather.com:

Despite temperatures in the 60s and 70s, it looked like the middle of winter in parts of the Southeast on Saturday.

No, it wasn’t snow–but hail that covered the ground up to 6 inches deep in some communities on Saturday from southwestern Virginia…

My wife took this picture this evening of bluebells along the new trail in Eastham Park (Front Royal, Virginia). Usually blooming in early April, they are blooming early this year during our very warm March.

Virginia Bluebells along the Shenandoah River

See Also: Beautiful Virginia Bluebells