Early Spring means melting snow and exposed fields, melting ice and open water. Wild animals, many struggling to survive, seize the opportunity to feed and recover. Others continue their journey northward as habitats and food sources become available. Photographers are also recovering and more mobile. After months of donning multiple layers, feeding the wood stove and hunkering down in storms, seeing winter in the rear-view mirror is a joyous occasion!
Melt water enhancing a small stream and waterfalls in the hills
Gull foraging in puddled melt water in a harvested corn field
A pair of Wood Ducks at rest in a temporary pond (same as above)
Canada Goose heading for its nesting territory in a cattail marsh
Canada geese at rest
Great Blue Heron silhouette, one of two flying northward
Open water in lakes and ponds means Osprey can go fishing!
Large numbers of hungry deer are foraging in cultivated fields; these were alarmed by a barking dog but won’t go far.
Photos by NB Hunter (March – April, 2018). © All Rights Reserved.
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