One of the most colorful birds at Wildlife Recovery Association's Little Swamp Sanctuary is the wood duck. Wood ducks stand out from other duck species in a couple ways. These ducks never quack.

So, my friends, we might take courage from the Wood Duck, ruffle our feathers, and leap! Not expecting to fly right away, but ...

Springtime forests explode with color. As they begin to green out, trees and shrubs take on a lime glow. Early blooming flowers like trout lily, Virginia bluebell, Jack-in the-pulpit, spring beauty, ...