Later April and May

May 27th - Near the trail	May 27th - On the trail	A summer morning on the canal	Morning scene on the canal	May 27th - The mohawk style	Rear and feet	The great blue heron
Swains Lock through the folliage	Sunbathing on the canal	Swimming in the canal	The green heron	The egret	The egret in flight	Sticking the landing!
Rosa multiflora	In the water at Pennyfield Lock	May 20th - The flooded basin at the Monocacy aqueduct	First view of debris caught in the Monocacy aqueduct	Fleabanes by the trail	Wild flowers by the trail	Approach to the Monocacy aqueduct
Debris stacks up at aqueduct due to flooding	Walking on the Monocacy aqueduct	Upstream of the Monocacy aqueduct	The brown Monocacy meets the differently colored Potomac	Morning mist on the Monocacy river	A meeting on the Monocacy aqueduct	Debris full of garbage collected at the Monocacy Aqueduct
The debris caught in the Monocacy Aqueduct	Garbage in the Monocacy river caught at the aqueduct	A perspective	Between the shade and the sunlight	Water overflowing the river bank	Signs underwater!	Ramp to river under water at Noland Ferry
The road to Noland Ferry was under water	Hikers	The road to Noland Ferry was under water	The flooding at Noland Ferry	On the trail	Flooded beside the trail!	Bright red bug on the trail
On the trail	Pattern of sunlight on the Monocacy Aqueduct	Waiting beside the C&O Canal trail	Walking on the side of the aqueduct	Extent of flooding at the Monocacy Aqueduct	At the end of the walk	May 6th - All is quiet on the Potomac at Riley's lock.jpg
Field of bluebells by the river	Wet trail early in the morning	May 6th - Wild phlox on the trail	Buttercups and wild phlox	Sweet Cicely	Fleabane	Wet dandelion seed head
Goldfinch with flowers	Trail lined with flowers	Wild Phlox	Green leaves	Trillium	Mayapple	The water pump at the campsite
Wet seed heads of dandelion beside the trail	Seed pods under the leaves	Unidentified plant found in the spring time	Seed head of plant seen in previous picture - I think!	Fleabane	The spider and the caterpillar	The buttercup
Mayapple flower	Droplets	The end of the dandelion seed head	Dandelion, between a flower and a seed head	Dandelion seed head	Buttercups	The trail is finally lush!
Turtles	The cardinal amidst the buttercups	Fishing on the Potomac near Riley's lock	April 29th - Could be gill over the ground	Field of Nodding Star of Bethlehem	Pointing to the flowers	Virginia bluebells
Taking pictures	Squirrelcorn on the trail	Bluebell and Nodding Star of Bethlehem	P4290036	The signs of Spring	Among the bluebells	The gate on the trail for Nolands Ferry
The biker	Garlic mustard flowers	Paw Paw	Grape hyacinth, an invasive