Images from a sunny spring days walk in the forest. The trail was very muddy in spots, the forest quiet of birds with the sun shining through the leafless trees … everything very brown in the this deciduous forest, but sunlight is refreshing sign of summer days to come.
White paper birch trees standout amongst the darker forest trees in Spring Season.
The forest trail is mucky and slippery as water runs across it – wood logs help bridge the path.
Old cut tree has a habitat hole with new moss growth beside the stump.
Ash tree found marked and fallen to slow down the spread of the Emerald Ash Beetle.
At last we come across a pond. Very quiet of any water animals or birds – too bad.
Big view of the pond, the cedars are growing on the east side of the pond getting the west sun.
Fallen tree at the pond starts the circle of life in the forest providing nutrients back into the soil. 
Ferns grow on the forest floor and are great cover for wild life.
Usual tree that split into two trunks and later fused together years later.
Wood dries out and splits over the dryer winter months as moisture evaporates over time.
Bigger water pond with marsh bulrushes on sides with deciduous forest hill in the background.
Marsh bird hangs on bulrush contemplating it’s next move.
Big image of the pond marsh!
Cedar trees are evergreen trees, retaining leaves year round and populate the wet lowland areas.
Canada geese investigating area bulrushes as possible nest for a future generation of goslings.
Day on the trails comes to a close as the lower sun shines through the trees.
