19-Apr-2021
Red-berried elder (Sambucus racemosa)
An early flowering native shrub, the red-berried elders at the garden have big fat flowerheads, which will soon mature, producing large white pyramidal clusters of flowers.
19-Apr-2021
Red trillium (Trillium erectum)
The red trillium blooms earlier than the more familiar and more abundant white one.
19-Apr-2021
Eastern red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
I watched this female consuming a number of maple flowers, grabbing one, biting it off, and then holding it between her paws to eat. It took no time at all the consume and she was off to the next one.
19-Apr-2021
Eastern red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
I watched this female consuming a number of maple flowers, grabbing one, biting it off, and then holding it between her paws to eat. It took no time at all the consume and she was off to the next one.
19-Apr-2021
Nomad bee (Nomada sp.)
There are many, many species of these wasp-like bees and difficult to tell apart. They are another that appears early on in spring, in wooded areas, scooting busily across the surface of the ground. They are Kleptoparasites on ground nesting bees such as Andrenids.
19-Apr-2021
Trout lily (em> Erythronium americanum)
Another beautiful native wildflower whose blooms are just beginning to appear.
19-Apr-2021
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
One of the first spring ephemerals to bloom, though not the very first, these beautiful creamy white flowers are spreading through the Old Woods.
19-Apr-2021
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
19-Apr-2021
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
Another shot of the mayapples, showing how they have spread.
19-Apr-2021
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
In the shelter of the Old Woods, the mayapples are slower to open, but in the BYG, they are open wide. Soon, the flowers which hang underneath, will appear.
19-Apr-2021
Eastern red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
I watched this red squirrel with her walnut running back and forth on a plant stand outside the Resource Centre. She kept trying to shove it into various corners where the shelves met the posts and finally succeeded, whereupon she spun around and raced off.
19-Apr-2021
Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Three of these little guys racing around the BYG!