Today’s weather was glorious and a perfect start to the spring season. I spent the morning at Huntley Meadows park and the scenery and wildlife matched the weather.  For example, numerous Wood duck couples were in the park shopping around for the best duck house availability. The male Wood Duck (above) is certainly the most colorful duck in North America. Many Red-headed Woodpeckers (below) were also busy, flying back and forth between trees to store nuts in the crevices of the tree bark.

The Great Blue Heron, an inhabitant of the park throughout the year, was also on-hand. From its perch in a tree, it could observe all of the activity that was taking place around the park.

I arrived early enough at the park  to see the sunrise cast a colorful glow on the landscape, turning the trees a fire red and also providing a nice light on the wetlands.