Winter finally transitioned to spring, making it more comfortable (but muddy) to get out and about.
Favourite shot of the month
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Two red deer at Parc Omega discussing who has dibs on the corn scattered on the ground.
A close second was "Shall we dance?"
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Two cinnamon bears, also at Parc Omega, not long after emerging from hibernation.
Two weeks after the above, the ice had melted and a black bear had been testing the pond in its enclosure.
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A couple of birds at Mer Bleue
![Red-breasted nuthatch](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/8f44f00d-1997-464d-bb3e-f52574352975_rw_1920.jpg?h=c60a009b996019597530bbbcf6d90abf)
Red-breasted nuthatch
![Red-breasted nuthatch](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/747f57e3-0713-424a-bbf4-ed8bedc31f0d_rw_1920.jpg?h=0eda170ae5615473ad950df31146b098)
Red-breasted nuthatch
![Hairy woodpecker](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/969966f2-4496-4ea6-b369-3518f7452db0_rw_1200.jpg?h=63ffb0106abf6048da470137bd626653)
Hairy woodpecker
The mourning cloak butterflies are usually the first ones out in the spring. Plus we found a screech owl squinting in the sun. We suspect it might be guarding a nest.
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While out on a wild goose chase and only finding some small flocks of snow geese, there were lots of wild turkeys with the males putting on quite a show, but in the distance.
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A rooster letting a chicken know who is boss.
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Rabbit and mallard duck in (different) spots of sunlight.
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Two male and a female merganser were patrolling the Sawmill Wetlands. The number of ducks in the wetlands seems to vary day by day. While half a dozen or so hooded mergansers were at Parc Omega.
![Common merganser](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/fa006a7a-955f-4ff3-acdc-d959bd6251ec_rw_1920.jpg?h=edd6a6de92231cae34cb49d029c9969e)
Common merganser
![Hooded merganser](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/63499d90-21da-4ded-b482-a0ed91b3fde5_rw_1200.jpg?h=daea23091ae199041353fc375852710e)
Hooded merganser
The ring-billed gulls and cormorants had taken over the island on the Quebec side at the Deschênes Rapids.
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The cormorants were on nest.
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Cedar waxwings were checking out the buckthorn berries.
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Meanwhile, at Luskville Falls....
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One small area of the Pine Grove Trail on a damp morning seemed to have been invaded by land snails. There must have been over 100 of them.
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The wet trees seemed to show off the gypsy moth egg masses from last year. One tree still had many exoskeletons of the females next to the egg masses.
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