The Wood Frogs and Salamanders in Glen Meal are starting to lay their eggs in the vernal pools!

Salamander eggs can be distinguished from the wood frog eggs because of the jelly-like membrane surrounding each embryo. The dark black embryo is typically larger in Salamander eggs, the whole clump is surrounded by another clear thick membrane. As the season progresses, algae will typically cover up the eggs.

It was a great day for a walk! Threatened to rain, so we didn't stay out long but I did have a chance to spot these tree buds!

They are back and out in full force! I have yet to find a nest but I am still searching!

Budding Sugar Maple's are bittersweet, in more ways than one! Spring is coming but the sugaring season and the winter are now things of the past.

Always one of my favorite sights. The crew team had some motor boats out so we only heard the loon's distress call before it slipped into the river and I lost sight of it for the rest of the day.

An early morning out with the crew team on the St. Lawrence gave me the opportunity to snap this guy as he came in, flying low along the water. Yet another sign of spring!

We set up a game camera on the edge of a beaver dam and made a very modest leak in the dam. In the photos, you see the original state of the dam, then the beaver working on repairing it, plus a couple of canada geese we caught on the game cam as well (I'm leaving out the photos we accidentally took of ourselves). Do you have a game camera? We'd love to see what neat wildlife photos you've captured around here!

I can't wait for all of these flowers to grow!

A beautiful spring morning at Upper and Lower Lakes wildlife refuge 5 miles from Canton. Lots of bird activity and an angry beaver - smacked its tail at me 3 times before taking off. Nice day to be out.

Is this a heron?