Baby cottontails

Three baby cottontails came in after their nest (and one bunny) was destroyed by a tiller, and a neighborhood dog was on their trail. They have been thriving, and eating mountains of fresh grass. I have had them for a couple of weeks and they will soon be ready for release.

Strange Littermates

This spring I have a bunch of late season single babies, all at the same stage of development, so I put them all together and they all snuggle and play: two red squirrels, a gray squirrel, and a chipmunk.

Willow in spring

Willow, my old friend, survived the trials of her winter dam break, and has now moved upstream to the restore the pond I call the Balsams. She looks like she is doing well, and there is a young male with her. I do not know if this is the same male she was with last year, since I have not seen another beaver with her since late fall last year.

It is a noisy time of year. Spring peepers raise a din. A pair of geese hunkers down in the sedges nearby.