The White Trillium display in the Bruce Pit woods has started. White Trilliums aren't common in the greenbelt like they are in Gatineau Park, where thousands can be seen on a short walk, but there is a good number of them in the woods at the Bruce Pit. I don't often visit the Bruce Pit woods because of the people and dog traffic but every once in a while I am up for it. Many of the people I meet are surprised and interested when they learn that I am investigating the natural history of the woods. The Bruce Pit is a large off-leash dog park (the woods is beyond the dog park area but there is always spillover) and so it isn't a popular place for naturalists. The nearby pit itself, which is also beyond the dog park area and separated from it by a fence, is a recognized odonate hotspot by some naturalists, however. I was expecting that I would see my first dragonfly of the year today, now that others have found their first dragonflies of the year elsewhere, but I didn't see any.