Top Photo: Canada geese return to wetland.

As they do every February, a pair of Canada geese have arrived to stake a claim on a piece of our wetland. More will likely show up as we roll into spring (last year we had six pair vying for space in our three acre wetland).

An opossum spent the entire day some twelve feet up a vine that wrapped itself around a tree next to the Dinosaur Trail. It’s not unusual to see these marsupials in trees (or vine as in this case). In fact, that’s where I most often see them, up in trees, that is, during daylight hours. Nocturnally, walking across a road or rummaging in a garbage can is the standard.

Hazel or common alder is in bloom and spreading pollen. If you wonder why you’re sniffling and sneezing while walking through Explore the Wild, the alder may be the reason. It’s growing on the north side of the wetlands.

A yellow-bellied slider thought it warm enough to emerge from the mud and bask in the sunny 52 degree weather on Friday (2/13).

Get out and have a look around!

Ranger Greg