Luxury Vacation Rentals Put "Spring into Your Step"
April 7, 2007. USAToday.com published "10 Great Places to Put Spring into Your Step," a list inspired by SpringWatch USA, a new Animal Planet television series premiering April 21. TV correspondent David Mizejewski, a naturalist with the National Wildlife Federation, offered these destinations, where the changing seasons literally come to life.
* Butterflies flutter among fields of wildflowers at the Indian Boundary Prairies, located in the suburbs just south of Chicago. We would also like to suggest a stay in Northern Illinois, among the rolling hills and palisades of the Mississippi River.
* Coastal Delaware is a great place to witness the cycle of life every spring. Horseshoe crabs come ashore en masse while they are spawning and laying eggs. Reproduction is a dangerous business, however, as thousands of migrating birds arrive at the same time with a mighty hunger.
* Those who want to spot a moose know the Maine's Moosehead Lake region has some a large population of these beautiful, secretive animals. Spring offers the best opportunities to sight one.
* South Carolina's Kiawah Island has a healthy mix of wildlife habitat and resort development. As a result, everyone can find something fun here. The island "is simply majestic for wildlife watching," according to the article, with gray fox, white-tailed deer, alligators, bobcats, diamondback terrapins and more.
