THE END OF APRIL HAS SNUCK UP ON US ALREADY!

This male Wood Duck played hard to get

Larkspur

After we visited the balancing rock yesterday we decided to have lunch here since there was no wind and it was fairly warm

I met this momma rabbit on the trail this morning.  I guess she was gathering nesting material getting ready to have babies.

Picking up some more

 

SHORT ROAD TRIP TODAY

House Finch on my walk this morning

We went looking for (and found) the Balancing Rock that I had heard about

There had been a geocache near the balancing rock but the way the fire incinerated everything leads me to believe it perished

We took a drive through some of the orchard areas around Oliver

Balsamroot is doing well this year

Wild Phlox

Another area with Balsamroot

 

NEW GOSLINGS AND AN ATV RIDE WITH FRIENDS

 

The male Towhee that Bruce and I were watching this morning

Osprey

White-crowned Sparrow

Goslings

Goslings

Three friends from the Summerland ATV club joined me on a ride this morning

TODAY WAS MERGANSER DAY

 

Arrow-leafed Balsamroot along Willowbrook Rd

Arrow-leafed Balsamroot along Fairview Rd

Oregon Grape

While I was out placing some geocaches yesterday, I put one near this nice view of Madden Lake.

Male Common Merganser

Female Common Merganser

There were two pairs of Mergansers who sat and posed for me at length this morning in the Okanagan River.

LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING

 A few images from our walk last night and when I went out this morning.

Last night the Osprey was sitting across the river 

Staring me down

This morning I caught him having breakfast!

White-crowned Sparrow

I'm being very still so he can't see me!

Arrow-leafed Balsamroot

Canada Goose flyby