Dateline: 16 April 2023

Surprise spring snow aside, it’s Trout Lilly season, and there’s no place better than Bentley Nature Preserve outside Jamestown, NY.




Trout Lilly with an unknown species of False Blister Beetle:


More Black-capped Chickadee:










Couple nice shots of Mourning Cloak butterfly along the Tom’s Point trail:




More butterflys!!
And, never saw a red-winged blackbird; must be going to a club!
Fabulous shots at the Preserve! The joy of spring revealed!