Lots of signs of spring to catch my eye.... spring flowers, fresh antlers, birds in breeding colours etc
For a number of reasons, opportunities for viewing spring flowers were limited but the yellow coltsfoot blossoms were the first to be seen in several locations including Limerick Forest and Mer Bleue. hepatica in Lanark, trout lilies at Mud Lake, bloodroot and marsh marigold at Fletcher Garden and leatherleaf at Mer Bleue Boardwalk
While the fallow deer at Parc Omega seemed not to have lost last year's antlers yet, red deer, elk and the caribou were busy growing their new ones.
Fallow Deer
red deer
red deer
elk
elk
caribou
Birds of many varieties were certainly catching my eye in most places visited. Scroll over for ID
Bohemian waxwing, Mud Lake
Bohemian waxwing Mud Lake
hooded merganser Mud Lake
female common merganser Mud Lake
male common merganser Mud Lake
wood ducks, Mud Lake
trumpeter swans, Limerick Forest
ring-billed gull, Mud Lake
male wild turkey, Mud Lake
make wild turkey, Mud Lake
turkey vulture, Fletcher Gardens
hairy woodpecker, Jacl Pine
northern cardinal, Fletcher Gardens
song sparrow, Fletcher Gardens
dark-eyed junco, Fletcher Gardens
red-winged blackbird, Mud Lake
red-winged blackbird, Mud Lake
And for extra eye appeal, a few other creatures were spotted
snapping turtle with painted turtle, Walk in Two Woods
painted turtle and Mexican red-eared slider, Walk in Two Woods
painted turtles, Walk in Two Woods
muskrat, Parc Omega
porcupine
raccoon, Jack Pine Trail
garter snake, Limerick Forest
garter snake, Limerick Foirest
mourning cloak butterfly
