Snow trilliums bloom mid-March to early April. This trillium was photographed near Franklin, West Virginia, March 21.
Sharp-tailed Grouse are displaying on leks.
View the Sandhill Crane migration in the Platte River Valley in Nebraska.
Woodcocks are doing their courtship display along our driveway at Nature Friend.
Skunk cabbage blooms in late winter/early spring.
Vernal pool fairy shrimp hatch in winter and mature forty-one days later. Look for them in vernal pools (water in winter, dry in summer). A light at night attracts them. They grow one to two inches long. The males can be quite colorful. February-April is the time to look for them here in Virginia.
Mid-to-late March grizzlies come out of hibernation.