The calendar says this is the last full day of winter, but a look out the window says winter. Still mostly snow covered, but mud is surging upwards. At least that's how it feels.I spent yesterday morning out on a road that I spend a lot of time during our snow free months. Patches of mud were in the road, ponds are still frozen and the Kennebago River is still ice covered. But spring still is slipping in. Purple finches, brown creepers and the chickadees were singing wildly. Woodpeckers were drumming. I know the conifers and aspens are photosynthesizing, the sap is running. Spring is overtaking winter.
And it is so quiet. Water is babbling, but the snowmachines are silent.
Soon I'll get out more and note the comings of the birds. I still have Bigelow to look forward to and counting Bicknell's Thrush. Acadia? Baxter? Baxter most definitely. I can't wait. So much to do and to look forward to, but not nearly enough time.
3 comments:
Glad to hear you are thawing out! In a previous post you stated you've seen snow in the mountains in June, but am curious Kirk, when spring is really sprung for you? April, May?
Oh i hope you get some photos of Bicknell's Trush!
Yesterday was my first pre-supper walk around for the year. Man that felt good!
Hope you are having a great week!
Meggs.
Spring? Well when we have loads of gooey,boot sucking mud, then it's spring. Spring also is snow. Realistically, April is a winter month for us, May is spring as is June. Summer is July, fall comes in August, Summer makes a guest appearance in Sept,sometimes October. Fall comes around the same time. November is fall, but late fall/winter. Clear enough?
The Bicknell's is a real lifer for some people. I'll be doing Mountain Birdwatch for the Vermont Center for Ecological Studies. I can't wait, get up before the sun rises and sit on a mountain top in Maine, listening for birds. That should be a good post.
I will be waiting for those posts (note that i changed it to plural-hint-hint!!) and thank you for clarifying your seasonal year. Yes, it made perfect sense.
Have a great week!
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