A glorious day in the sunshine. Summer-like weather with a 20 C. temperature.  |
| horse chestnut leaf bud |
Leaf buds burst with sweet sap
-Deer snap off a snack
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| green grass and goldfish pond |
Lots of wildlife. The frogs were singing. I worked on the fish pond.
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| green growth in the wetland |
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| Woodpecker insists on banging on the tower! |
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| nesting! |
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| budding |
Tobi Kiesewalter, the Park’s Natural History Education Leader, tells us the black rat snakes are awake in Murphy's Point Park .
Spring peepers, wood frogs, tree frogs; all are singing.
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| salamanders predict danger in an ecosystem, blue-spotted salamander |
I was cleaning out the veggie garden and spotted a blue spotted salamander. She dug herself back in! Didn't know I had to share the garden with her, too!
The bad news?
Black fly - warning, they are out and about!
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| black fly |
3 comments:
What a wonderful rural life you have! I love the nature you share with us!
Beautiful weather and I do love to hear the songs of spring. How sad the black flies are out and about though!
really pretty bright blooms.
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