Perched.

This Mourning Dove briefly perched on a log next to a Mayapple and two red trilliums just bast bloom, and in front of the bed of sweet woodruff.

A crowd.

Three Rose-breasted Grosbeaks contested space at a feeder this afternoon. I have never seen more than one at a time this year as well as past years.

Three male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks contest for space at a bird feeder.

Criss-crossed.

Morning sky ablaze and criss-crossed.

First sighting ever.

I was puzzled by this bird because it certainly wasn’t a Downy Woodpecker or a Red-bellied Woodpecker. After visiting allaboutbirds.org and consulting my Sibley bird guide, it seems this was my first sighting ever of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a female, an infrequent (as best) feeder visitor. That was two weeks ago and I haven’t seen it since.

Favourite.

The Forget-me-not is one of my favourite flowers. Our yard has several clumps which reseed every year and have for years.

Spring is here.

While the calendar may insist it’s still a few days away, these crocuses in the backyard beg to differ.

From the archive.

Shortly before sunrise a few weeks ago.

Country road on a foggy morning.

Softly lit.

On a marvellous late winter morning, this tin barn was softly lit by pre-sunrise light, with the moon setting above it. I was blessed to come across this scene.

A metal barn softly illuminated by morning light, with the full or nearly full moon setting above it.

Tucked in.

Lucy, tucked in for an afternoon snooze.