WTD#6 Spring in the Valleys

A few photos from some of our walks this spring - Blahadatnya (guessing at the spelling), the Montrose Antenna trail, the old rail line in the Beaver Valley, etc.

We encountered a little flock of buebirds on our hike up the antenna trail.

There are also lots of Rufous-sided Towhees in the brushy areas along the trail.

I believe these are Subalpine Buttercups, growing near the top of the antenna trail.

And this is Western Spring Beauty, in the same area.

We also came across this Western Skink.  The bright blue tail indicates that this is a juvenile, as the colours tend to fade when these lizards reach maturity.

This is the flag at the top of the trail.  It's a pretty good huff and puff - gains almost 300 metres in elevation.

I can't resist pussy willows.  This is along the abandoned rail line through the Beaver Valley.

Pussy willow and ladybug.

There were a couple of Northern Flickers doing some kind of mating ritual on a walk we took down through the old Doukhobour settlement in Blahadatnya, early this spring.

Few-flowered Shooting Star in the Goose Creek area

A bit if modern art on an ancient car fender, south of Glade.

Thimbleberry leaves along the Airy Creek road.

The little yellow violets are a welcome sight each spring.

- Hi there, what's your name?
- Fern
- Wow, me too, what a coincidence!
- I think we're going to be fronds!

"Arf, arf, arf - good one!"