A "chip!" high in the Scots Pine Alée came from an indigo bunting.
Along the edge of the Little Bluestem Meadow, nannyberry was catching up with others on the trails that were blooming last week.
The view back towards Gifford House is always refreshing.
Invasive Asiatic bittersweet was blooming along the trail through the Old Gravel Pit.
The obscure, small green flower does not hint at the familiar orange fruit.
On the hillside approaching the Fern Glen, black swallowwort was getting flower buds. Monarchs will lay eggs on this invasive plant, but it is lethal to the caterpillars.
At the back of the pond was another plant considered invasive: yellow iris.
Coltsfoot was at the other extreme with seeds ready to disperse.
In the poor fen, the strange flowers of the pitcher plant were up.
Down at the base, were the equally strange leaves.
In some of the little channels draining the fen, water speedwell was being utilize by various creatures, judging by the webs and holes among the leaves.
