Happy trails abound!

The frogpond is waking up. The ice and snow are gone.

I looked out the kitchen window, and spotted a pair of wood ducks. It would have been a better photo if a) I'd cleaned the window, b) used the tripod, but it was a brief moment, captured for posterity. I've encountered a pair around the wetland, not at the frogpond, and wondered at placing one of the wood deck nesting boxes in a different spot.

This is great wood duck habitat, with lots of wood frogs singing at the point.

wood frogs at the point from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I've set up the oldest trailcam at the end of the frogpond. It is a popular path for the deer walking around the wetland. It's not a bad video, all told. 

doe a deer from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

We had a porcupine come through, and then two go back the way they came. In the first clip, it is snowing. In the second, you can see their cute waddling as they motor back along their way.

porcupine from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Along came the red fox. I could have shortened the clip, but like the previous clip, you can hear the spring peepers calling for love! It is such an iconic sound.

forest fox from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I've been watching the northern flicker. I think it is nesting in one of the big dead elm trees. I love hearing them call around the permieter of their area. They will start at the front, go to the backyard and call.

flicker from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.