On Saturday, Herb and I took two trail cameras up to the Upper Powers Creek Trail. On Glenrosa Road, just after its junction with Webber Road, we noticed a large patch of greenish yellow flowers on the hillside. Traffic did not permit a stop, so we decided to check on that on our way home. When we came back down Glenrosa on our way home, however, we were too close to the hillside to see the patch of yellow flowers. I took these two pictures  this morning, when we returned to the area.

We confirmed that the plants are Myrtle Spurge, the largest patch of spurge that I have seen to date. 

Probably the plant had been brought and planted at the house above--then escaped and spread over the hillside. Now it has almost reached the down-sloping roadside ditch. This is a prime example of how this plant can take over large areas of terrain, regardless of whether the land is private or public. Hopefully, something will be done toward control of this invasive exotic plant.

On the drive up Glenrosa we came upon a group of four mule deer--a doe, her almost a-year-old twin fawns and another deer.

One of the fawns is seen grazing on the green grass at the roadside while the doe nervously licks her nose.

Earlier in the month, we had made two attempts to drive to the Upper Powers Creek area but each time, we were stopped by deep snow on Jackpine Forest Service Road. But on Saturday, the road was derivable; only a few patches of snow remained. We followed the deep tracks of a moose as we walked to the area where we set up the trail cameras. 

Look closely at the mossy ground and you will see tiny white spots. These are the early blooming Western Spring Beauty. 

Another early blooming flower was also present in some areas, the Yellow Bell.

This last picture was taken at another time, of Yellow Bells and Western Spring beauty in a wet meadow.