On my walk today, I noticed something high in a tree. Can you spot it? At the end of this post, I will zoom in and you can try to identify it.
It's a beautiful and cool spring day.
I love photos with curved paths. You never know what you're going to see around that next bend.
That was fast. I spotted this little chipmunk.
What a cutie.
Some of the first spring flowers in the bush are the dog-toothed violets. These are their mottled leaves but it will be awhile before we see the flowers.
I don't usually take this path. We're just starting to see a little green on the ground and in the trees.
The buds are swelling everywhere. Aren't these unusual?
That's good old Canadian Shield.
I don't know how long ago the beaver chewed through this birch tree but see how it's wet -- that's from its sap. Most people don't know that you can make syrup from trees other than sugar maple trees, and birch are one of them. I was tempted to taste it but didn't because, well, animals do other things to stumps! I can tell you that sap tastes like slightly sweet water.
All is well at the beaver pond.
I zoomed in on the cell tower in case you missed it in the last photo. You know you're not far from civilization when there is a traffic light at the entrance to the parking lot. This is another sign.
A little patch of lush green moss.
This is the usual spring flooding around the small lake.
Luckily I wore my hikers or I would have wet feet, what we used to call "a soaker" when we were kids, and spring water is cold!
I took a different path to avoid the mud and water.
A little squirrel picking at birdseed on the path.
Now are you ready to see the zoomed in photos?
It's the rump of a porcupine taking a nap in the tree! It might even be the same one I bumped into on a cold winter walk last month here.
Thank you 
Images
Photos from my Canon SX620 HS on the Old Quarry trail in the Ottawa greenbelt.
Enjoy!
