Well, everything else around here seems to be getting into spring early, so I figured I might as well join in and start using my new boat permit. (Reminder, since it’s been a while, you can click on the images here to get to a full-resolution version.)

A little catch up, a few weeks ago I was about to go out the back door and stopped to see if I’d be disturbing anyone out there. I saw this Cooper’s Hawk in a nearby tree:

Turns out he stopped by for a late dinner (there wasn’t much light left). Later I looked around and found what looked like some Chickadee feathers below the dinner table.

Lots of creatures find a meal in my yard.

Anyway, like I said, things are greening up already:

And there were a bunch of these little flowers popping up along the bank of that little feeder stream:

A few ducks were out and about:

A group of my Corvid familiars were hanging out in some trees on an island:

Motion caught my eye, and I was a bit surprised to be able to get a picture of this little Tufted Titmouse in a bush on the shore:

A Turkey Vulture was soaring up high, on patrol for a cleanup job:

Cormorants are starting to gather in numbers here, getting ahead of the shad probably.

Not too early for the Osprey to be getting down to business:

Didn’t see any Herons around, but of course the Canada Geese are here all the time (I hear ’em partying all night):

This guy let me get a bit closer than I would have thought, but she was also keeping a close eye on me:

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