We've had a set back. Over night we had a couple of cms of snow. Ottawa had 11 cm last night. We've more on the way.
Last night I heard Spring Peepers. Soon there will be little teeny tadpoles. They hatch thousands of them, as they are easy prey to large frogs, as well as other critters.
Unfortunately, it is -1 ℃ this morning. They are silent. We drove around to search out 4 of my assigned Chorus Frog survey sites. It's too cold for them today. It's discouraging.
Squirrel nest
We were on the back deck. I noticed some action down in the forest. A black squirrel was running up and down a tree. I thought it was the tree with a nest box.
I decided to put out a trailcam on the old saw-whet owl nest.
You can see something in there. Squirrels build a nest of leaves. I set up a trail cam. We'll see what happens.
Fred Groundhog
Fred was happily munching grass. He's gone back to bed. The grass is covered in snow this morning.
Labbit was out looking for goodies.
Garter Snake
I ambled down to the trailcams by the frog pond. On the way I found a cold garter snake trying to warm up in the sun. The poor thing.
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White tails!
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We got a bit of snow overnight that had made the east end of the city very slippery this morning. I'm staying put today.
Even though we are way south of you, we've had early starts to spring and then winter reappeared. Sometimes trees begin to flower, then the flowers freeze, and no fruit that year. Really nice photos of the nature that surrounds you.
It is nice to see the warm weather critters, like the frogs and the snake. We are back down to 30's for a high today and the winds is ferocious. Take care, have a great day!
Spring is definitely coming. How exciting.
I grew up in an area where there were still woods and nature and posts bring me back to childhood. I'm wishing you a beautiful spring my friend! With plenty of tadpoles. Aloha!
We have very few frogs.
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