Spring in Canatara

The forest floor is beginning to bloom with Wildflowers. Bloodroot is one of the earliest Spring ephemerals. Ephemerals are around for a short period of time when the ground is moist and before the leaves open fully on the trees.

Male Downy Woodpeckers are having territorial battles for nesting locations.

A Golden-crowned Kinglet admires his reflection in the water.

A noisy Mallard Hen thinks she's a Wood Duck and sits high in a tree.

Red-breasted Nuthatch posing for the camera!

Tree Swallow eyeing up a nearby nesting box.

Eastern Comma warming up in the sun!