January to April

April 9th - Dutchman's breeches near Sycamore Landing	Bluebells	Red winged blackbird takes off	Nodding Start of Bethlehem	Early Spring on the trail	Bluebird	Garlic Mustard
Field of yellow in the distance	Virginia Bluebells line the trail	Experimenting with the new lens combo	Spring Beauty	The little turtle	Cabbage white butterfly in early Spring	Wild Phlox
Spring Beautry	Mock Strawberry flower	Gill over the ground	Violets in the wild	The nest across the river	Carried by the flow of the river	May 27th - Nuthatch - near Rileys Lock
The trail in the morning	Periwinkle beside the trail	The merganser	An A380 headed for Dulles airport	Runner	Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner	In the early morning light
Unidentified flower	The trail	Playing with the new lens	The hooded merganser	Mergansers	Red-headed woodpecker	Red-headed woodpecker
The cormorant	Mayapple leaf	Blossoms on the trail	Grape Hyacinth	Dandelion	Spring bloom on the trail	Lesser Celandine
Spring Blossoms	Zooming high into the sky	The tufted titmouse	A pair of mergansers	Takeoff!	Serviceberry	March 12th - Mushrooms near Whites Ferry
Contrast	Experimenting with my new lens	Early season Virginia Bluebells	Bloodroot	The Great Blue Heron	A regular runner	The nest
Checking quality of new lens	Spring growth	The bikers approaching from Whites Ferry	Next to the trail	March 5th - At Point of Rocks parking lot	Reflections in swiftly flowing water	A Peregrine Falcon, we were told
Experimenting with my new lens	Checking out my new zoom lens	Shapes in the morning light	Bird's eye view	Upsidedown Chickadee	Through the branches	Turtles early in the season
Freight train on the other side of the canal	Zoomed in through the branches	Horses in the parking lot at Point of Rocks	Feb 26th - North of Sycamore Landing	Feb 5th - The Potomac river near Carderock	The river near Mile 8 of the canal	A group of cardinals on the dry canal bed
The bridge at Anglers Inn	The pileated woodpecker	The pileated woodpecker	Another view of the pileated woodpecker	Jan 29th - Noland Ferry	The river near Nolands Ferry	A freight train passes by
The rest of the freight train	Dogsledding on wheels	Jan 15th - At Sycamore landing with Barnaby	On the trail with Barnaby	On the trail with Barnaby	Lock house at Edwards Ferry	With Barnaby at the lock house
Overhead traffic headed into Dulles airport	Jan 1st, 2023! - Sycamore Landing to Edwards Ferry	A juvenile yellow-bellied sapsucker, I think	A broad winged hawk, I think	A broad winged hawk, I think	A cardinal on New Years Day