Signs of Spring

We are back from Argentina and our great niece, Alex, joined us at the farm for Easter weekend.  She's a freshman at Miami University.  It was also the turkey opener but I didn't get a chance to hunt.

The gobblers are gobbling, the crabapples are blooming.

We missed the peak of the redbuds.  Of course the grass is growing like crazy and the zero-turn mower is broken down.

The spring peepers are singing. I tried to get their sound on video - should have shut off the Ranger. Peepers

And we had a short but intense spring storm. Listen to the rain on the barn roof. Rain on Roof

Joan always has to dye Easter eggs.

We did lots of touring with Alex.

I found trees down on several trails.  Several too big to clear this weekend.

A rare daylight capture of a bobcat.

This is what the photos normally look like.

We had some wet times in our absence but the electric fence was still intact around the new orchard.

The cameras showed at least one interloper.

I hope it was getting zapped here.

All kinds of turkey activity.

Sometimes turkey and deer in the same frame.

There's pretty good evidence that we need to take more does.

This one looks very pregnant.

Pedicles are warming up to sprout antlers.

I thought that these woodpecker excavations were interesting.

Some green leaves on the new fruit trees.

Hawk swooping.

Are coyotes denning now?  Not much coyote traffic.

But plenty of neighborhood dogs.

Does he have a possum?

I tried to do a little control on some of the invasive trees.  Next, I have to start thinking about planting the pumpkin patch.