
Mud Run, Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania.

Mud Run in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains; why it's named that I don't know as it runs clear.

Purple Grackle ... I see these as "nature's cartoon characters."

Mourning Dove

Cardinal Female
For the first ten days of April, Pennsylvania's Northeast (Pocono Mountains) and Southeast (Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery Counties) are particularly lush in flora and high in wildlife activity.
A pair of "happy places" offer nice photo possibilities.