Crow's Nest: Weekend pictures

It was a wonderful weekend to get out on the preserve and I managed to get some photographs Saturday as the light turned golden. The red maples here are starting to drop their flowers as the hayfields green up; last year's little bluestem still glows.

This willow by the pond hasn't leafed out yet; I really like the tree's architecture from this angle—a different angle than from where I usually see it.

The American toads were poking their heads up around the edges of the pond and trilling. A few pickerel frogs called from one corner "Errrrrrrrr." The ripples in the pond answer the question, "Do you think the snapping turtle still lives in there?"

And, yes, the Dutchmen's breeches are blooming at Crow's Nest right now.