This is a record of some of the objects seen by the Panasonic Leica 100-400 mm lens.

 

The first (What is it?)  butterfly:

It was flitting from willow to willow collecting (eating?) pollen.  I was chatting with Birder Ann DJ on Riverside Road and noticed the “flutter by”.  The above is where it momentarily landed before continuing its morning travels.

Technique.  When I see activity I focus on a likely spot for the critters to visit.  Then I can trip the shutter  quickly and hopefully capture the beastie.  I photo’d this nice catkin but, alas, no beastie came to visit.

Along Riverside Rd, the ancient horsetails are sprouting rapidly.

Two nice flowers in Diana’s garden:

Cruising in front of Shirley’s place:

Another of Shirley’s friends.  Click on it to see the apparent need for re-preening of those feathers.

Evening Primrose poised for its rapid seed stalk development:

Aha!   The first Trout Lily blossom of the season.  Across from Dave and Maureen’s place.

 

First photo of the elusive (to me!)  Northern Flicker:

Long shot from behind Steve’s Electric Place:

Muskrat in the pond across from Big Lake:

Early Saxifrage along Hwy 529:

Another type of spore capsule …

in context:  (Click on the photo(s) to see the detail!)

A youthful Pale Corydalis …

Very first sighting of (the uncommon around here for some reason) Trailing Arbutus in bloom:

Next:  Some close-ups with a macro lens.   But before posting those I am going out into a beautiful day to enjoy nature springing into spring!   Things are really moving up here now.  A good time to get out and about!!