If you are at all like me, you can’t wait for the month of May. By far, it’s a month that has so much to offer a nature nut like myself. It’s a time of birth and bloom. Woodlands are filled with spring flowers such as Hepatica, Bloodroot, Trout Lily, Spring Beauty and one of my personal favorites–trilliums. 

Woodlands are filled with spring flowers such as Hepatica, Bloodroot, Trout Lily, Spring Beauty and one of my personal favorites–trilliums.

While many of the migrating birds have already returned to the northland by the beginning of May, there are many more to come. Shorebirds and warblers migrate during the month of May. And no backyard bird watcher can deny the splendor and excitement when the Baltimore Orioles and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds return to our gardens during this wonderful month of May.

Read the rest of the Stan's column in our May issue...