Season’s first paddle

We took advantage of a warm spring day to paddle around Gilman Island.

Spotted sandpiper
Spotted sandpiper
Mallard
Mallard

Mallard on island
Mallard on island
Goose on nest
Goose on nest

Cormorant
Cormorant

Spring

Trillium
Trillium
Trillium
Trillium
a purple flowering bush
a purple flowering bush
Colts foot with butterfly
Colts foot with butterfly

Today at Kilowatt

We walked with the Kilowatt Canines today.

Nellie, Ellie, Bogie and Hochi
Nellie, Ellie, Bogie and Hochi

Nellie and Hochi playing
Nellie and Hochi playing

Hochi's piebald tongue
Hochi’s piebald tongue
Passing out the treats.
Passing out the treats.

Bogie guarding the ball.
Bogie guarding the ball.

Dogs weren’t the only animals we saw. We also saw an osprey and lots of ducks and geese.

Osprey hunting
Osprey hunting

Geese landing
Geese landing

At the mouth of Dothan Brook

The mouth of Dothan Brook had some wildlife that were not exactly uncommon but were not what we usually see.

Turkey vulture feeding on  a deer.
Turkey vulture feeding on a deer.

Beaver
Beaver
Common mergansers
Common mergansers
Flock of vultures
Flock of vultures