Spring Trip to the U.P. Woods!--Part Two

Now I am a happy woman....

the Spring runoff of melting snow is long past,

which means we can go out on the two rut roads 

in the U.P.

and look for critters and Spring/early summer scenery.

Part of the thrill for me is never knowing what we will find

around the next corner.

I LOVE seeing Partridge, but they are very shy birds and hard to capture on camera! So when we saw this one on the edge of the road, I had to scramble (quietly!) out of the car to get a shot of him:

(Have you EVER had to scramble out of a car quietly??...it's an ART, I tell 'ya!!)

Does anyone know what kind of bird this is? Is it a tern? I have never seen one of these in our woods before:

Look at the SIZE of these prehistoric-looking rocks!!  If I ever had any doubt that a glacier came down and formed our land, well....this is PROOF!!:

We sure have seen the Mallards this Spring!:

In May, these were the first wildflowers on the wood's floor that we spied...Trout Lilies!:

Their bright, sunny yellow after all the dull winter browns are a delight to see...they came out here WAY before the trees got their leaves:

I spotted our first Spring turtle too!:

And then another turtle! (Can you see him on that rock...wayyyyy out on the beaver pond?)

More ducks!:

Geese:

And it must be time to fish...here is the first water-skipper I saw of the season! He is floating on water in this shot...the sunlight is lighting up where each of his legs are balancing on the water:

More pictures are coming your way of our continued wilderness adventures...

hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy taking them.

Wait.

That would be IMPOSSIBLE !!