Crocus @ creek under osprey nest, awaiting return around St. Pat's Day!

[elleng]

Gulls meeting in parking lot; loved to see them in flight.

[SheltieLover]

1. Another day closer to your Ospreys' return!

[Walleye]

2. Nice! Crocuses seem to like to grow on a bank

[elleng]

4. Yes, and this 'bunch' spreads wider every year. INFO:

Crocus display the general characteristics of family Iridaceae, which include basal cauline (arising from the aerial stem) leaves that sheath the stem base, hermaphrodite flowers that are relatively large and showy, the perianth petaloid with 2 whorls of 3 tepals each and septal nectaries. The flowers have 3 stamens and a gynoecium of 3 united carpels and an inferior ovary, 3 locules and axile placentation with fruit that is a loculicidal capsule.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus

Got it???

[Walleye]

5. Thanks for the info, my little patch certainly has spread wider this year

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Ah, another sign of Spring coming back! I've always enjoyed the bright blue/purple

little flowers that pop up everywhere, in the middle of snow, etc. My heart actually skips a beat and I get excited about the return of our friend, Spring. A time for renewal, and a time for rejoicing the end of winter.

Thanks for posting!