Spring Sampler

For good reason spring is my favorite season: longer days; wildflowers blooming; warm, but not hot days (usually); migrating waterfowl and warblers; emerging green leaves; bear cubs and butterflies – what’s not to like.

It’s a great time to be out in forest and field, something I try to do each and every day. Visit any woodland or large park in the spring and you’ll find something interesting that’s well worth a close look.

Here it is, a sample of spring in my corner of the world –

That American lady is battered because it's migrated north with the spring after spending the winter in warmer climes. The warblers and the swallow spent the winter in Central or South America, now they're  on the way back north back to nest and raise the next generation. Those blooming wildflowers were dormant all winter and have to flower, set seed and store resources before the trees' leaves fully emerge. Poison ivy is beautiful spring and fall, just don't plant it around the house.

Spring will soon end and we’ll be into summer, with its heat and humidity.