Frosty mornings, warmer days

 Grenville was looking for a snake very close to this guy but didn't see him or smell him as bathed in the sun on a very cool day.

The Trillium are fading fast with frosty mornings we have been having the last few days.

In the State Park

Some uses for the Jack-in-the-Pulpit you may not have heard of.

This is a Jack-in-the-Pulpit

This Cabbage White is responsible for the ragged look of the middle flower in pic below

A trio of White Trillium probably some of the last of the season.

House Finch

Met this little guy on the path today

Flint in full rage

Flint creek cascade after all the rain and snow of the past few days

A school snow day

 This was yesterday - rain all day

 Today we had snow - all day

 I think this was the same Jack-in-the-Pulpit from above.

This is no way to treat an apple blossom.

Milksnake

The Milksnake was getting a little upset and rising up to fight back.

... Ahead of time

 The Jack-in-the-Pulpit was a big surprise.  They are usually out just as the Trillium are ending but the White Trillium are just starting.  Everything is about 4 weeks ahead of time.

Even the Mertensia are way early in Mertensia Park

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 A Blue Heron hides behind the bush while hunting for dinner.

 This picture is so you can make sense of the next image

Grenville digging furiously in the hole.

Over on the hillside

 A Large White Trillium next to the stream bed.

A Red Admiral finds a Dandelion to rest on for just a minute.

Fruit in blossom ...

 

A Cabbage White out in the warmth of the day

 

One of several other butterflies that I saw today

 Apple Blossoms

 Cherry Blossoms

Strawberry Blossoms

Three flavors of Trilliums and other flowers

 The Trout Lily's are finally up and about

This Bloodroot was smart enough to not come out until now many others bloomed and were frozen the next day

 The Purple Trillium

 The Green Trillium

And finally the Large White Trillium

Sunny day, but cool

 Short winged Blister Beetle named because the leg joints exude a blister causing agent.

The first Trout Lily of the year.

Trillium

 The Trillium are still coming way early but the cold, freezing weather is play havoc with them.

This is the first white trillium I have seen which is odd because they usually are the most prevalent with only a few Purple ones.  I think this is a  Trillium grandiflorum, but it does not look so grand.  I think the flowers will be small because of the freezing nights

Falls in the Spring

 Buttermilk Falls in Ithaca, NY

Taughannock Falls Trumansburg, NY

Mallards fly by in the sun

A herd of Mallards fly by

Mallards

I have photographed these 2 most of the winter and they are still here.

The last couple of days ...

 Brown Headed Cowbirds- He: you never keep quite   She:  Oh, shut up.

 The Trillium are have a very rough time. Snow is not a friend

This bloomed forth but to what avail?