C&O Canal and Nearby Parks in 2025

April 13th - On the trail at Sycamore Landing	Grape Hyacinth	Dutchman's Breeches	Trail marker	Garlic mustard	Markings	Bluebell past their prime
Nodding Star of Bethlehem	The nuthatch	Squirrel Corn	Redbuds	Spring Beauty	What the bird thinks of my attempt to take its picture	Redbud
Northern Cardinal	Red-bellied woodpecker, I think	Cabbage White Butterfly	Zebra Swallowtail	Maybe violets	The Tufted Titmouse	Spring Beauty open in the sun
Trillium	The disappearing trail	Field of wildflowers	April 6th - Virginia Bluebells line the trail	Bluebells	Flowers of the Bluebell in different stage	The space between the trail and the river
The mile marker	Nodding Star of Bethlehem	Wood Duck on a tree!	Wild Phlox	Mayapple	Dutchmans Breeches	Patterns on leaves
Bluebells	Amongst the bluebells	Walking amongst the bluebells	Racemes	Violets	Trillium	Field of bluebells on the other side of the river
Dutchman's breeches	Female Common Merganser	Bald Eagles' nest	Wild Phlox	An unidentified object handing from the tree in the woods	Bluebells!	A park bench with a story
Randomly noticed on the trail	Mushrooms on a tree stump	Through the tree trunk	Mushrooms in the woods	Lined with bluebells	Lined with bluebells	Lined with bluebells
Spring time on the trail	Dandelion - a sign of Spring!	Feb 2nd - Near Sycamore Landing	The canal bed	The trail runs through an open area	Broad Run (near Edwards Ferry)	Across the Potomac at Edwards Ferry
January 26th - The frozen Potomac river at Rileys Lock	Skating on the pond	Running on snow and ice	A cold start on the trail	Partially cloudy	The river covered by ice	Walking on the ice
On the trail	Tracks left in the snow	Winter scene	Trail at the campsite		Overhead, headed for Dulles Airport	Father and kids out for a walk
After the ice on the trail has melted	The bluebird	The game on the ice	The frozen pond, a rare sight	Comforable setting up on the ice