Just a little snow left on the wildflower patch.
The snow-free garden...Ready for our blood, sweat and tears.
Common mergansers. Male in front, female in the back.
Yes, it is really Spring up here in the North Country. The wait seemed interminable and was agonizing, but now it's over. Just a week ago I was still walking the dogs in snowshoes. Today I started working in the garden and the yard, and the snow is quickly fading from memory. (See photos above.) We had our second set of ducks on the pond, three common mergansers. There were two females and a male. (Must be members of that polygamous sect down in Texas.) Male and female mergansers look very different, like different species really which is rather surprising. They dive and catch small fish and this group of three cruised our pond for a good 45 minutes, scarfing down minnows and newts. I've come to the conclusion that what with the otters, the minks, the snapping turtle, and the predatory birds all looking for something to eat, it's tough living in our pond. But of course the predators have problems and predators of their own, so we shouldn't be too hard on them.
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You guys must have sent all that snow our way. It was snowing all weekend here in Seattle...it's nearly May! We're seriously considering a move down to Texas at this point.
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