Spring in full swing! (part 4)


Male Scarlet Tanager showing his namesake striking colour!






Female Scarlet Tanager, beautiful in her own right!


Male Blackburnian Warbler, one of our favourites!



Golden-winged Warbler, a rare species in decline and a first for us!





Sapsucker damage at Maidstone Conservation Area


Our Wood Duck tree!


The fledglings have flown the coop!


More evidence


Magnolia blossom


Wild Phlox


Wild Honeysuckle


Praying Mantis ootheca (type of egg mass)


Suspected deer hoof, a pretty gruesome discovery... You just never know what you'll find on a hike!

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