4-17 Spicebush, Field chickweed, Black Squirrel, Bear cubs

4-17 The flower clusters of spicebush are giving swampy areas a golden glow.

Agricultural fields and waste places are dotted with field chickweed with its five deeply cleft white petals.

a family member snapped a picture of a black phase Gray Squirrel.

A Black Bear sow with three tiny cubs crossed my path this AM although I only got two cubs in my somewhat blurry picture. John