More tales

 It's been busy, down at the frogpond. I scattered some seeds, since bird feeding season will be over soon. The moths end up in the cans where I store it over the summer. This I have learned!

I spotted my first butterfly of the season. There are a couple of them who overwinter. Species, I mean. This is a compton tortoiseshell, ID'd for me. 

Oregano📹 was back, Mar. 22. 

I managed to look out front, and turn on the light, it shone on Butch Mar 22!

 

 The bears are awake and I will be vigilant. The deer and raccoons are cleaning up under the feeder, where bird seed was scattered. At about 30 seconds in, there was a food fight. They appear quite vicious, but they know the hierarchy. It would appear there are a group of 3 and a group of 2, then an interloper tentatively eased their way in. There were 7 at this point. Butch Mar 22 

  

The little bunny was back! bunny trailcam 

  

 

Note the cat, being watched by the doe! doe cat feeder

  

  

Frog pond is awake

Wood frogs are awake in the pond, as well as a butterfly. Only a few butterflies overwinter:

Not all butterflies overwinter as adults, of course. ...  Around Ottawa, Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa), Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma), Green Comma (Polygonia faunus), Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis), Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis milberti), and Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vau-album) overwinter in their adult form.

I'm not sure which one this is on the dock! I think it is a tortoiseshell.  It's pretty rough-looking! The second one is a Compton Tortoiseshell, from my archives! They over-winter under leaves and in bark.
Species: Nymphalis vaualbum
Compton Tortoiseshell.
One that overwinters, and is rare! 

Here are the sounds, not silence!
Wood frogs from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

 
Frog pond sounds from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.