Pond Side..

About 2 years ago now we dug out an area that was rather boggy and let it do its thing. Not huge..about 24' diameter and about 8' deep in the deepest part, it naturally started growing its own plants(outside of the lilies which I transported down from the 'house' pond)and in no time, life. Even fish started to appear!.ha, must have come in as eggs on birds or plants... above you can see the Damsel-flies morphing from the nymph stage they live as in the water..

A frog that is still a tadpole. If you look close, you will see his long tail..:)

Sitting on the oxygenators....

Up close...

camouflage!!

A new addition I discovered yesturday..an Eastern Painted Turtle. Dont know if it is male or female yet but no doubt is adult. It probably measures about..5-6" in length. Will have to try and get pics to show his size..

Some of my favourite Spring Birds!

Where did the time go? I cant believe I let 4 days go without writing here...not a lot new but some. Our spring birds are starting to arrive! THAT is always a highlight here come spring. This year is the earliest I have seen them. Friday a yellow Warbler appeared, Saturday the Baltimore Orioles and yesturday I spotted the Red Breasted Grosebeak.

No hummers as of yet but I have all the feeders out just waiting for them! This is the Indigo Bunting. One of the richest of blues I have spotted in a bird. My very first glimpse of one I thought my eyes were playing a trick. Indeed one for everyone to see as it is true eye candy!

And of course, some of my winter favourites still remain with us. Being out here we have very little traffic and one of my favourite things to do is sit out with a coffee and just listen to the chorus of song each kind of bird sings. Simply one of the best things to hear!

And this pic has been posted for Melody..:) Spotted in the pond out back..