Wildflower Prime Time

Praying Mantis cocoon

Bloodroot

Carolina Wren

Bluebells

Spring beauties

Trout Lily

Lesser celandine in sawed off tree round

The invasive lesser celandine carpeting the floodplane

violet

Fiddlehead ferns coming to life

We have entered wildflower prime time where local favorites like the trout lily and Virginia bluebells are in maximum expression. Everything in the forest right now looks fresh and brand new. I think April may be one of my favorite months of the year around here. Now is the time to go for a hike...