Spring Images

  After this long and cold winter, harbingers of Spring are arriving at last. 
        Here are a few images from April 19 and 21. 

       Palm Warbler ( Setophaga palmarum), Riley's Lock C&O Canal.

                         Palm Warbler

               This is a female Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), with a genetic aberration causing it to have partially white, (leucasistic), plumage on the otherwise brown head.  I have never seen a Tree Swallow like this before. Taken at Riley's Lock, C&O Canal.

  I thought the reflection of the Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica), in the water at Riverbend park was lovely and almost impressionistic.

                        More reflected Bluebells.

                      Virginia Bluebells.

    
                                ENJOY THE SPRING !!