May 6 - May 17 at Anson B. Nixon Park
Black Medick, Aniseroot, Water Forget-Me-Not, Solomon's Plume, Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass, Cream Violet, Golden Alexander, Witch Hazel, Red Clover
Cinnamon Fern, Umbrella Magnolia, Common Dewberry, Mayapple (bloom and fruit on the double-flowered example we've been watching), Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Black Cherry, Star of Bethlehem.
Canada Goose family, female and male Mallard, Great Blue Heron.
Bluejay, Kingbird, Baltimore Oriole, Bluebirds setting up housekeeping, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Downy Woodpecker, Grackle, Song Sparrow, Red-Bellied Woodpecker.
Red-Tailed Hawk with a Gray Squirrel in its talons, Tree Swallows, Red-winged Blackbird, Fish Crow, Robin's nest
Two young Gray Squirrels and Momma Squirrel. These are on the same tree, there were four young ones, but I couldn't get them all in a single picture.
Lot's of Red Squirrel sightings (these are all separate individuals)
I got a lengthy, foot-stomping scolding from this Red Squirrel one morning, a very aggressive individual. Note the notch in their ear from past scuffles.
Rosy-Sided Dace, Painted Turtle, Bullfrog, Musk Turtle.
