I saw a moose friend on my travels today. He was laying in the snow enjoying the sunshine. I stopped to watch for awhile. While I was parked, he got up and began nibbling the tender branches close by.
The bison were out in large herds at Elk Island today. Most were along the highway where the snow has melted down and the grasses were showing through. There were many young bison in the herd.
The temperature hit +14C today. Beautiful. I got home and found most of the ice melted off my driveway. I can actually see the gravel! There is water everywhere and I can see that the snow level has gone down. I can hear the water flowing through the eavestroughs and down the spouts.
This is the first Easter that I've been living here that I've not been able to get into the bush behind the yard to cut some pussy willows. The snow is still too deep and now too soft and sticky to even walk across it with snowshoes. I'm hoping to go out for a drive this evening to see if there are any willows close to the road that I can access without sinking to my waist.
The birds have been very active in the trees behind the yard. Crows, magpies, woodpeckers, chickadees, nuthatches and blue jays were swooping from tree to tree. Every now and again I could hear the woodpeckers rat-a-tat-ta-ting on the rotted tree trunks.
The beautiful sunshine cheered everyone up; humans and animals alike. What a great beginning to an Easter weekend.
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