It always gets me how excited we all become when something is spotted in early spring. We fervently post reports even before spring begins. I can't say I've seen a marmot yet, certainly I've seen a few roadhogs ... pretty much every day, but I spotted two deer next to Highland Creek and four deer at East Point Park. I'm hoping for a whole herd next time I go out. No, wait, that would have to be caribou, wouldn't it? I wonder if there is still a moose at Kensington Market? Must be there! Unless someone moved it ... or shot it. May be the last urban moose. Last-man moose. Not too spring-like this week ... cool and windy and mostly cloudy. Went to visit Reesor (lower) pond yesterday, as well as Staines pond, but everywhere I went a hail squall followed me. Dark low clouds, fierce wind with hail that moved as I moved, even though there was blue sky elsewhere. Reesor pond: a couple of male Bufflehead, male Common merganser and male Hooded merganser. At Staines pond: two male Common merganser and two females as well. Ring-necked ducks reported early in the day but I didn't see any.
