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April 27, 2009
Signs of Spring 2009
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Posted by Mark Breen @6:15 PM
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- Bruce Anderson from Danville, VT said...
I've been overrun by Rose Chafer beatles. They are really pleased with my Raspberry leaves. Is there a cure for this attack? or is there something I should do for next year? 6/25/09 7:30 PM
- Dayle Ann Stratton from Brandon said...
Well, not spring anymore but here's a good example of variability in local weather. Yesterday around 5 pm the sky in Brandon turned so dark it looked like dusk. Soaking downpour off and on into evening. So much for seeds I just planted! Rutland airport registered no precip and my daughter in Proctor says they just got a light sprinkle out of a black cloud headed my way... will replant seeds today and keep fingers crossed. 6/25/09 1:39 PM
- Wendy Knapp from Middlesex, VT said...
5/5/09 HUMMINGBIRD!!!! In 24 yrs. of recording, I've never seen one back before 5/8. Luky for the little guy I put up the feeder early! 5/5/09 10:00 AM
- Victoria Caron from No. Stratford, NH said...
Around 9PM yesterday evening, we had six little inch and a half size frogs clinging to our glass door in the rain. We don't know what attracted them and have never seen this before. The peepers were sounding in the marshes in the meadows below us along the Connecticut River earlier in the evening. 4/23/09 10:52 AM
- Bill Walters from Grafton, VT said...
The snow on our neighbor's rear deck is down to a small patch about one foot high, I heard a Harley go by our house on our back country road yesterday, and the robins are leaving us with virtually no worms in the vegetable garden...so it must be spring! 4/20/09 3:51 PM
- anonymous from South Royalton said...
Folks are flying kites by the White River in South Royalton this morning. 4/17/09 2:37 PM
- Gail from Thailand (and Stowe) said...
Spring time to me indicates that I will be back to Vermont for the summer soon. I miss VT and enjoy the change of each season. I'm an international school teacher living in Asia yet I am wondering about the weather, earthy smells and new spring blossoms in beautiful Vermont.

4/16/09 1:37 PM
- Cat from Burlington said...
Spring is on its way in Burlington - I've seen an 8' hobbit on stilts walk by the OP, then a full-on Japanese sweet lolita in Dobra. 4/15/09 1:02 PM
- meg from Marshfield said...


The American kestrels have returned to the back fields! and for the first time I just saw a pair mating and perched together in a tall maple tree. 4/14/09 5:12 PM
- Bill Holland from Montpelier said...
The sounds of grouse making that drumroll sound with their wings in the woods behind our house. Also one of those black butterflies flitting about. 4/14/09 4:11 PM
- Lori Harriman from Thetford Center said...
Picked a bunch of ramps/wild leeks in Strafford! 4/14/09 11:30 AM
- Carol from Chester said...
The glacier under the deck from my leaking hot tub has calved 4/13/09 7:04 PM
- Kat from Hartford said...
My cat has bugs to chase.
The chipmunk under our deck spends all day collecting acorns & birdseed, returning to his/her den's hole with cheeks puffed out on either side.
Tom turkey on the road.
Frogs in the drainage pond by the house.
Bear scratchings on a nearby tree.
No more snowshoeing out the back door; the snow in the "yard" is almost gone. 4/12/09 11:47 PM
- Donna Remy-Powers from Brattleboro said...
A deafening cacophony of tree frogs in a vernal pool in West Brattleboro. 4/12/09 9:13 PM
- anonymous said...
Sudden and dramatic influx of crazies on Church Street. 4/12/09 3:20 PM
- Cynthia from Marshfield said...
First dig of the season in the garden - harvesting parsnips. 4/12/09 12:20 PM
- J Taylor from Onchiota, NY said...
A carload of Paul Smiths College students driving down the road with a whitewater kayak tied to the roof ---> with one student sitting in the kayak air paddling. 4/12/09 12:07 PM
Hah! Excellent sign. Thanks for submitting it. best, steve - posted by Steve Maleski 4/12/09 12:07 PM
- John Miller from Orford, NH said...
Peeper frogs peeping in the bog on Orfordville Road, Orford, NH. Snow drifts almost melted in the woods! 4/11/09 1:26 PM
- Bob Clark from Brandon said...
I heard a winter wren singing on Brandon Gap this afternoon. 4/10/09 7:27 PM
- Susan from Woodstock said...
My grass is green again! 4/10/09 3:42 PM
- Kitty Werner from Waitsfield said...
The goldfinches are gold again! And spring beauties are blooming -- two weeks earlier than last year. 4/10/09 1:51 PM
- Lori from Thetford Center said...
Wood frogs at Southworth Park in West Fairlee!!! 4/9/09 10:40 AM
- anonymous from Burlington said...
UVM students are wearing flip-flops again... 4/7/09 7:12 PM
- Donna from South Ryegate said...
Why is there more green fungus on my apple trees this spring and should I wash it off with hydrogen peroxide? These are baby trees, but I've noticed the larger older ones are covered, too! 4/7/09 4:47 PM
- Annie from Castleton said...
Ice out of Lake Bomoseen --- at least north of the bridge! 4/7/09 3:58 PM
- Dvora from Worcester said...
A tom turkey strutting his stuff, feathers puffed up in full regalia (the hens didn't appear interested!). 4/7/09 2:23 PM
- Ed Safford from Wallingford said...
My honeybees were collecting corn dust from the neighbors' pig feed last week. 4/7/09 2:12 PM
- Louisa from Bristol said...
The porcupine is eating our garage again. 4/7/09 12:17 AM
- anonymous from Northfield said...
The Kamakaze Chipmunks are running in front of my truck on my backroad commute to work again! 4/6/09 11:02 PM
- Linda from South Hero said...
Saw three osprey on the Sand Bar! Last year, the first two were spotted on the first Monday in April, too! Coincidence? 4/6/09 9:41 PM
- Jonathan Pryor from Bakersfield said...
Hanging the wash out on the clothesline last Thursday. It smells so great when you bring it in the house. Now, three inches of snow, how typically April! 4/6/09 12:16 PM
- Gabrielle from Montpelier said...
Found the earring I lost shoveling snow in December - right there on the ground! Definite sign of spring. 4/6/09 11:32 AM
- Bill from Thetford said...
Found a wood tick embedded in my armpit 4/6/09 11:23 AM
- amanda from norwich said...
The ice is all gone from our pond and froggies have begun their courting 4/6/09 11:18 AM
- bird lovers from Norwich said...
30 red wind black male birds awaiting the arrival of their mates...making just lovelierly songs! 4/6/09 11:14 AM
- Carrie from Montpelier said...
I finally saw my ultimate sign of spring for Vermont's capital -- kids playing Ultimate Frisbee barefoot on the Statehouse Lawn. 4/6/09 9:22 AM
- Steve Minor from South Hero said...

First woodchuck seen by side of road. First moth of the year outside on my kitchen window this evening. 4/6/09 12:41 AM
- christie Ley from Shaftsbury said...
The blue birds are checking out my nest boxes. 4/5/09 9:23 PM
- Emily from Stowe said...
The "UPS guy" is wearing shorts! 4/5/09 11:13 AM
- anonymous from Stowe said...
A glider was spotted flying above Stowe. 4/5/09 1:19 AM
- RS from Underhill, VT said...
The ice is out on our pond! 4/4/09 6:34 PM
- Ellen from Littleton,NH said...
The turkey vultures, starlings and grackles have all returned. Crocuses seen for the first time today. 4/4/09 6:24 PM
- anonymous from Hartland said...
Spotted salamanders out tonight in Hartland! 4/4/09 1:31 AM
- Marylou Chicote from Bennington said...
Sign of sprin: The Bennington Battle Monument opens for the season on April 18th 4/3/09 9:01 PM
- Karen from Saint Albans said...
People are out on their porches drinking forties in Saint Albans. 4/3/09 8:18 PM
- Rich Blair from Grafton NH said...
A morning cloak butterfly and a bee (not a honeybee) in Grafton NH on 4/2. 4/3/09 8:03 PM
- Susan from Guilford said...
I can now see more brown soil than white icy snow in my garden beds! Haven't heard the peepers in our pond yet, but we did hear them through our open car windows driving through town last night. 4/3/09 7:54 PM
- anonymous from South Starksboro said...
Water in the basement and the sump pump getting its annual workout 4/3/09 3:27 PM
- anonymous from Waltham said...
Newts suspended in a vernal pool. First Hepatica blooming. 4/3/09 10:01 AM
- Dannah from Fletcher said...
The registration sign is up for summer bible camp in Williston! 4/3/09 9:54 AM
- Gia from Charlotte said...
PEEPERS!! 4/3/09 1:15 AM
- Nancy Moran from Craftsbury Common said...
My two labrador retrievers, Trouble & Sam, swimming in Littlle Hosmer Pond. 4/2/09 11:16 PM
- anonymous said...
beer in the fridge, instead on the mudroom floor! 4/2/09 9:03 PM
- anonymous from Huntington tington said...
The ice is nearly off the pond and the wood frogs are singing! 4/2/09 4:26 PM
- Ty from Underhill Center said...
Joe's Snack Bar in Jericho was starting to set up for the season this morning! 4/2/09 2:52 PM
- Julie from Essex said...
My pair of lovebirds now hear the outside birds singing in the mornings, listen very closely, and then talk back...loudly. 4/2/09 2:24 PM
- John Tidd from Bridgewater said...
Our big, black bear was back tearing down the bird feeders last night. He's three feet high and maybe 350 lbs. and not at all afraid of people. 4/2/09 1:53 PM
- Bob Merrill from S. Pomfret said...
I found an earthworm crawling on the snow. 4/2/09 1:07 PM
- David from Bomoseen said...
The ice on Lake Bomoseen is releasing it's grip on the shoreline. Muskrats are surficing through the tip-up holes recently abandoned to
munch some weeds and muscles. Ice out not yet,
what is your guess? 4/2/09 12:12 PM
- Andy from Sharon said...
The Canadian geese have taken over the corn field beside the airport, in Post Mills, VT, so the crusty old aviators are pulling the skis off their old fabric airplanes and replacing them with wheels for the summer season. 4/1/09 7:45 PM
- crystal paluba from colchester said...
I lived in Jericho, VT growing up and one of my neighbors was a landscaper and did lawn care. Well every spring he would have the biggest hep of mulch that was taller then me at the time. When it rained the neighborhood would be perfumed with the lovely smell of mulch and that's how I know spring was on its way! 4/1/09 2:26 PM
- anonymous from Montgomery, VT said...
We've tilted our solar electric panels back to their summer angle, now that the threat of snow is (largely) behind us for the season. Viva le sol! 4/1/09 2:15 PM
- Janet from Putney said...
My two border collies are finding all their toys they forgot about over the winter - the squeakie rubber hot dog is a favorite!
Of course all the smells are driving them mad, and my little one likes to chase the geese flying high in the sky - she runs with her head thrown back watching them. Muddy paws. 3/31/09 11:55 PM
- Jackie from South Hero said...
The 1st of the Osprey that nest atop the power poles along Route 2 at the Sandbar Wildfowl Preserve area arrived today! (March 31st). YEAH! 3/31/09 10:08 PM
- villager from bradford said...
I found my wrought iron bench yesterday! (previously under a good 12-foot high mound of plowed snow) 3/31/09 7:38 PM
- Mike in NH from Amherst said...
My wife just texted me that the "chorus of frogs has returned". Ribbit! 3/31/09 5:02 PM
- Lynn Irwin from Thetford said...
March 21st, ducks on the Mascoma, White and Connecticut rivers
March 23rd, First chipmunk, Thetford
March 28th First honeybee, Thetford
March 30th, Woodcocks in flight, Thetford 3/31/09 4:21 PM
- anonymous from goshen said...
We took down the ladder up to the roof for clearing snow off our PV panels! Not that we can't put it back up... 3/31/09 1:14 PM
- Andrew from Rockingham said...
A Hawg (Harley) seen in Bellows Falls on Saturday. 3/31/09 12:43 PM
- Carol from Brandon said...
The purple crocus are blooming under my lilac whose buds are swelling with the warmth. 3/31/09 12:09 AM
- anonymous from Johnson said...
kids shoveling snow off the sand box 3/30/09 11:10 PM
- Pamela from East Poultney said...
Spring peepers and Wood frogs calling on 3/29. 3/30/09 6:27 PM
- Jennifer from Brattleboro said...
A not-so-welcome sign of spring...a mosquito in my house Sunday evening. 3/30/09 6:13 PM
- David & Joanne from Bomoseen said...
Wow, It really is Spring in Vermont, no fooln'
round....Wood ducks flushing on our 6:00am walk....frogs too, deep croaking! thats feeding Mallards....hey look there goes a Great Blue...Another bat, yes...It's only March poor thing, not many insects to eat yet! Believe it! March 21st Spring in VT too. 3/30/09 12:20 PM
- Daniel from Fletcher said...
Flowers coming up at Camp DREAM in Fletcher. (www.dreamprogram.org) 3/30/09 12:09 PM
- Glenn Campbell from West Rutland said...
the snow in the field melted down enough to see the enormous network of trails left by field mice in the snow 3/30/09 12:05 PM
- Sam from Burlington said...
Mosquito bite.

Miniskirts and short sleeves.

But most importantly... Moped started on first try! 3/30/09 11:52 AM
- anonymous from Westminster West said...
We finished the last of the frozen basil and strawberries in our freezer 3/30/09 11:11 AM
- Michael from Castleton, VT said...
I heard peepers this evening. 3/30/09 2:23 AM
- Larry Wolkin from Meriden, NH said...
A butterfly in Meriden, New Hampshire 3/29/09 9:12 PM
- Susan from El Cerrito, CA said...
Was captivated by the beautiful photo of the flowers bursting through the snow on the St.Johnsbury site - hopefully my dog and I will be visiting your area in about a week -flying out to visit friends and family in VA,PA,NY with a foray into VT.First time!Looking forward to it, but snowfall cancels.
Bay Area Weather Wimps,
Susan and Pee-Wee 3/29/09 8:53 PM
- anonymous said...
Pussy willows at the Missisquoi Refuge... 3/29/09 2:55 PM
- Ellen Morris from Grand Isle said...
Spotted on Saturday, March 28th - three pairs of great blue herons perched on nests in the Sandbar Nature Preserve. 3/29/09 2:40 PM
- Michael Euphrat from Brattleboro said...
Had to bring the beer in off the front porch and put it in the fridge 3/29/09 12:25 PM
- Pat La Rose from Starksboro said...
A big fat robin strutted across my back lawn today. The first I've seen. White crocuses last week, purple ones today. The grass is greening and students (and teachers)at St. Mike's are smiling bigger smiles at each other as they pass coatless on the walks. No fear of frozen grins. 3/29/09 3:38 AM
- anonymous said...
Silver maples in bloom in Bellows Falls 3/28/09 11:46 PM
- Micki Colbeck from Strafford, VT said...
Broad winged hawk circling over the Ompomponoosuc in Strafford Village last week. Tufted titmice calling. Snow is gone from the south facing yard and so are most of the 12 to 30 turkeys who have kept me good company all winter, but not before the toms showed off their displays. Bald Eagle on an ice floe at mouth of Ompomponoosuc in Norwich yesterday. 3/28/09 9:16 PM
- Liz Winn from Marshfield said...
Last Monday, March 23, I saw a site I couldn't believe. Way up high in the multi-branch maple tree, I saw 35 cedar waxwings. Being in the wooded area of Marshfield, we feel lucky that a pair of cedar waxwings returns every year, but never have I seen so many. I suppose due to their warm, downy feathers, their bellies look like round wiffle balls. They were just hanging out, not in the least bothered by me standing under the tree looking up in my binoculars.
Today, while leaving Cabot towards Marshfield on 215, I saw two Canadian Geese. 3/28/09 8:06 PM
- Andee Miller from Weathersfield said...
Signs are everywhere! Today, March 28, three Evening Grossbeaks at our bird feeder. Two showy males and a more demure female.

Another sign: a tractor trailer from Canada bearing bags of some wonderful substance for the garden. Peat? Mulch? Who knows, who cares? It's the thought that counts.

Sign number three: Splat, a huge moth hit my windshield on the evening commute home a couple days ago. 3/28/09 7:30 PM
- Diane from Chester said...
The cats want to go outside earlier.. I got up at 4:30 to let one out, and yikes, a big skunk on the porch, eating old catfood I was going to toss. Just looked at me, and went back to eating. The cat didn't seem to care one way or another, guess the skunk looked familiar or unthreatening.
3/28/09 6:36 PM
- John & Chris Hubbard from Salem ,New York said...
Four male red-winged black birds at our bird feeders on 28 Feb.
Heard woodcocks in meadow next to our place, 17 March, during the evening hours.
Peepers in a small pond on our property on 19 March, in the evening.
Different peepers in tne brook and swamp across the road and at lower elevation.
Waiting for the first tree swallows. Had a flock of robins here from the last part of December, Bluebirds here most of the winter. 3/28/09 4:56 PM
- Susan from Hubbardton said...
Bluebirds and house sparrows sparring over the bird boxes . . . waiting for the first swallows to join the fray. 3/28/09 1:31 PM
- Steve Minor from South Hero said...
I finally noticed that the goldfinches are gold again. Lake Champlain is also noticibly rising. 3/28/09 1:11 PM
- Andy Toy from Starksboro said...
It's definitely spring, and it's definitely mud seasons as this evening I counted eight vehicles coming up Big Hollow Road that I could hear from close to the bottom of the hill (1.3 miles down). Spring (or mud season or stick season, or whatever you want to call it)is also exhaust system replacing season for most any vehicle with less than eight inches of clearance (although I'm embarrassed to say that one of those eight vehicles was my wife in my pick-up). 3/28/09 2:02 AM
- Jackie McCuin from Weathersfield said...
In Weathersfield, deer are frolicking in my meadow and my bluebirds have returned. In Chester, bikes rest against the waning snowbank in the schoolyard. Isn't it a glorious time of year?! 3/27/09 10:01 PM
- anonymous from St. Johnsbury said...
3 different Harleys ! sighted on the roads ~ almost as good as espying a first robin. 3/27/09 8:59 PM
- VT Nature Conservancy staff from West Haven said...
While hiking in the woods in West Haven today, we found blue Hepatica blooming and came across three garder snakes. 3/27/09 6:49 PM
- cris from Hardwick said...
"Our" turkey vultures have returned to Glenside Ave. hill in Hardwick - always welcome! 3/27/09 4:22 PM
- anonymous from Georgia, vt said...
sheep grazing in the pasture relishing new shoots of green grass
baby lambs sprawled out in the sun
male cardinal pecking at the window to admire his reflection
put up reflective tape to keep him away 3/27/09 1:42 PM
- Tim from Hyde Park said...
Enormous flocks of turkeys in corn-stubble fields in two locations, both with a couple Tom turkeys in full show-off mode to the girls displaying their tail plumage. 3/27/09 1:17 PM
- Tim from Hyde Park said...
Enormous flocks of turkeys in corn-stubble fields in two locations, both with a couple Tom turkeys in full show-off mode to the girls displaying their tail plumage. 3/27/09 1:17 PM
- anonymous said...
The first Kestral of the year seen in Monkton, and the first ovenbird heard in Hinesburg. 3/27/09 12:32 PM
- Lynn Wurzburg from St.Johnsbury said...
Can't use the porch as a spare refrigerator anymore! 3/27/09 12:14 PM
- R. Mueller from Springfield said...
Rockingham: Common mergansers are paddling around in the Connecticut River setbacks.

Westminster: The familiar scent of manure being spread on cornfields pervades the air. 3/27/09 11:53 AM
- Jen from Burlington said...
Heraing snow tires on wet pavement through open windows. 3/27/09 11:09 AM
- K9UDX from Bath said...
N1YBX (Frank, Benton, NH) has shaved his head for the spring. Not just his beard and mustache. His whole head (we used to call it a "whiffle cut"). 3/27/09 10:32 AM
- Carole Russell from Cambridgeport said...
More than usual vole tunnels and grass nest blobs all over our lawn and fields, and a northern shrike sitting watchfully on the tops of mature fruit trees for the last week, hopefully reducing that vole population. 3/26/09 8:24 PM
- Anna from St. Johnsbury said...
My colleague rode her bike to work! It's now resting on a melting mound of ice. 3/26/09 5:42 PM
- Matthew from Chester said...
A sure sign of spring is my father drinking iced coffee yesterday. 3/26/09 3:14 PM
- Green Mountain Veterinary Hospital from Manchester said...
Opening season for Porcupines! We have a quill dog in hospital. 3/26/09 1:18 PM
- CF Lord from Windsor VT said...
First yard sale of the year in Windsor last Saturday. 3/26/09 1:06 PM
- Jane Applegate from Sharon said...
The smiling bronze frog that sits atop the biggest rock in my garden emerged from under the snow this morning. He's my sure sign of spring. 3/26/09 11:59 AM
- Courtney from Barnet said...
The rush of the Stephen's stream is keeping me up at night because of how much ice has melted 3/26/09 11:42 AM
- Franny from Burlington said...
A street cleaner lumbering it's way along the curb in downtown Burlington. 3/26/09 11:39 AM
- Bill Walters from Grafton, VT said...
Spring must be coming, because the snow on our neighbor's deck is now down to a height of only 8 feet. When it gets down to a foot or two, I'll know spring is REALLY here. 3/26/09 10:02 AM
- Mari Omland from Northfield said...
We just heard the woodcock tonight! We were surprised to hear it so early - I guess spring is really on the way. 3/25/09 11:41 PM
- Oma from Saxtons River, VT said...
My sheets dried fast in the warm sunshine today, but I had to run one through the rinse cycle again because the overhanging branches of a maple tree bruised by the ice storm had drenched it with leaked sap.

3/25/09 11:24 PM
- Steve Minor from South Hero said...
Muskrats failing in their attempts to cross route 2 at Sandbar Wildlife Refuge; a pair of geese returning to nest in the swamp next to my house; raccoons raiding my bird feeders at night. 3/25/09 10:54 PM
- anonymous said...
Winter gloves once lost are now appearing on the lawn. 3/25/09 8:45 PM
- Diana Lawrence from Grafton said...
Bright yellow crocuses are popping up all over the front lawn. 3/25/09 8:41 PM
- Walter M from Derby said...
A pair of merlins arrived in Derby along Lake Memphremagog. 3/25/09 8:18 PM
- Greg Hancock from Burlington said...
kids are jumping on the trampoline 3/25/09 6:58 PM
- Christina from Burlington said...
Tulips popping up at the Unitarian Church in Burlington! 3/25/09 6:51 PM
- kris from South Burlington said...
Redwing blackbirds sweet whistle at the feeders every morning now. A skunk was scavenging the chipmunk's leftover seed under my front entry furniture the other night, and an opossum was eating out of the stray cat's charity dish last weekend. And my window crystal is throwing early morning rainbows on the wall: a purely seasonal event that says the rising sun has shifted east just enough to be in line, while the intervening treeline has yet to leaf out! 3/25/09 6:36 PM
- Lynn McMorrow from West Enosburgh said...
Mating calls of blue jays, cardinals and red wing blackbirds heard this morning. Redwings have been here for a week, no robins yet 3/25/09 3:54 PM
- Cynthia Sandusky from Brookfield said...
In East Randolph on March 25, a fine looking wild turkey displaying for his ladies! 3/25/09 1:23 PM
- Nora Wilson from Marlboro said...
I saw a flock of about 50 cedar waxwings in the road on the way to work this morning (March 25) 3/25/09 1:07 PM
- Steve Costello from Rutland Town said...
Driving home to Vermont from Washington, my wife and I counted dozens of hawks migrating north this past weekend - along with one beautiful adult bald eagle! 3/25/09 12:19 PM
- E from Norwich said...
KITCHEN ANTS! ugh. once again, making their annual unwanted appearance on my counters & appliances. but at least it's a sign of spring! 3/25/09 11:57 AM
- Beebe from St Albans said...
A pair of Great Blue Herons flying into the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge.... 3/25/09 11:13 AM
- Anni Praetorius from South Strafford said...
The first crocuses on the south side of an old stone wall in South Strafford. 3/24/09 8:49 PM
- Meg B. from Springfield said...
March 21st, Turkey vultures spotted soaring in numerous locations from Ascutney on up to Franconia, NH. 3/24/09 6:36 PM
- Sharon & Jane from Waterbury said...
Returning home from the UVM vs UConn game on Sunday, we saw two VT SUVs headed north, first one with a new speed boat in tow followed by the next one with a new dock in tow! A SURE sign of spring and the warmth of summer just around the corner! 3/24/09 1:08 PM
- Peter T. from North Hartland said...
Killdeer in North Hartland on 3/20 3/24/09 9:54 AM
- villager said...
Honking geese over head in North Thetford! 3/23/09 3:07 PM
- ralph nichols from hanover, NH said...
A flock of about 30 Robins, scaring off even the bluejays 3/23/09 2:07 PM
- Kate from Jamaica said...
A dog enjoyed the breeze as he stuck his head out the car window yesterday. 3/23/09 1:54 PM
- John from Huntington said...
The woodcock is back this morning! 4 days earlier than last year to boot! 3/23/09 10:04 AM
- Lenore from Hinesburg said...
After spending several hours clearing brush on Saturday I found the first deer tick of the season crawling on me this morning. 3/23/09 12:35 AM
- Ellen from Littleton said...
Today has been a typical mid March day in northern NH. We started the day with clouds, moved on to snow flurries and eventually the snow flurries ended up looking like a blizzard. Along with the snow came the wind which helped to blow the snow away and welcome in the sun. A chance peek out the window was rewarded with a sighting of the first robins of the year! All in all a very typical, but changeable, spring day in March. 3/22/09 5:57 PM
- Michelle Steele from Bristol said...
Maple Creemees for sale in Bristol (I enjoyed mine sitting outside in the sun). 3/22/09 2:43 PM
- Sandra from Waitsfield said...
Bluebird singing in the yard on March 19. Crocuses blooming in the garden. Now covered by snow on the 22nd! 3/22/09 10:50 AM
- anonymous from Saint Johnsbury said...
My preschooler peed on the front lawn today. 3/21/09 9:48 PM
- Alice N from Newport said...
Watching tip-ups on the ice on Memphremagog's South Bay while lounging and sunning on a chaise lounge. 3/21/09 3:56 PM
- Cathy from Holland said...
Sign of Spring: not having to leave my windshield wiper blades up for the
past week.
3/21/09 3:19 PM
- Hank Cheney from Saint Johnsbury said...
The snow banks are shrinking. My wood supply is sufficient. The squirrels are at the feeders again. The dogs get dirty when we go for walks. The neighbor has crocuses in bloom. Yeh!!! 3/21/09 12:59 PM
- anonymous said...
Our cows a romming the pasture. 3/20/09 11:01 PM
- anonymous said...
The rotary club's outhouse is on the pond in Waitsfield 3/20/09 3:59 PM
- Lori from Thetford Center said...
Herd of 12 deer grazing in a field at dusk. 3/20/09 3:13 PM
- Jane Philpin from Reading VT said...
in felchville four young teen girls just out of their cocoons walk their new bodies proudly shyly up the spring muddy main street followed at a respectful distance by 3 clowns with bikes confused but drawn irresistibly 3/20/09 1:08 PM
- Ellie from Williston said...
As I was looking out at my winter mulched veggie garden a few days ago I watched as two crows carefully selected, then flew off with, some spent plant stems for nesting material. 3/20/09 11:38 AM
- CeCe King from West Arlington said...
A red-wing blackbird on the ground out front, under the feeder in the spruce tree - this morning about 7:50.
It chirped, which was what made me look out & spot it.
I live up a hill from the Green River, which is a tributary to the Battenkill. 3/20/09 11:09 AM
- Marsha Pilachowski from Bennington said...
The frogs climbed out of our backyard fishpond today 3/20/09 12:51 AM
- Steve from Georgia said...
A bat is looking for a place in the barn 3/19/09 5:45 PM
- Scott Cahoon from Saint Johnsbury said...
My postman was wearing his shorts today. 3/19/09 5:02 PM
- Arthur Kilkelly from Berlin said...
Yippee! The ice is letting go of the corner of the house and it is dropping down. I can now finally close my front door! (Yes if was very chilly for a while! Fortunately it doesn't happen every year) 3/19/09 4:47 PM
- KELLYANN YELLE from WEST MILAN said...
TODAY WE HAVE REDWING BLACKBIRDS AND GRACKELS IN THE MEADOW AND A SONG SPARROW HERE IN THE WOODS OF VERY SNOWY WEST MILAN, N.H. A SURE SIGN OF SPRING! 3/19/09 2:08 PM
- Nash Basom from Glover said...
A sign of early spring. At an elevation of 1,750ft, Robins first appear here in late March or early April. This year our first Robin was on April 16. This is a week earlier than any of the past twelve years. 3/19/09 1:14 PM
- Sharon from Berlin said...
A saw-whet owl making it's round repeated hoo hoo hoo hoo call from the forest across the field

3/19/09 1:49 AM
- anonymous from barre said...
I saw a young boy riding his bicycle with a bat and baseball glove in hand after school the other day in Barre...a great image. 3/18/09 10:14 PM
- Pat from Killington said...
The snowfleas, also known as springtails, are on top the snow at the Summit Lodge! 3/18/09 10:11 PM
- Mike from Roxbury said...
Firstly, there is no surer sign of spring than the Eye on the Sky's annual 'Signs of Spring' program; and second, I heard a flock of geese honking somewhere from within the thickening clouds over Roxbury, VT today headed north. 3/18/09 9:02 PM
- Kathryn from Middlebury said...
Dogs with muddy paws and bellies! 3/18/09 8:51 PM
- Dan Simkins from Hinesburg said...
A flock of Cedar Waxwings feasting on mountain ash berries in Colchester on their way North. 3/18/09 6:13 PM
- phil from Mont Vernon, NH said...
Heading north to Seymour Lake for the first visit of spring from southern NH 3/18/09 5:54 PM
- Tracey from Williamstown said...
Our resident chipmunk dug up through the snow on Friday. Saw her huddled up at the mouth of her burrow on the snow at dawn, zero degrees, facing east, waiting for the sun. 3/18/09 5:30 PM
- Jill Brooker from Post Mills said...
The chickens are wandering farther and farther into the yard...and scratching up sweet new grasses to eat! 3/18/09 4:36 PM
- Deborah from Shoreham said...
The upstairs is slowly filling with cluster flies and lady bugs, and coons have discovered the cat door. 3/18/09 3:48 PM
- James McKain from Russellville said...
I've got daffodils up 2 inches and robins in the garden. Also, in the sugar houses, they're boiling all over town. Guess it must be spring.
3/18/09 3:18 PM
- scott from north clarendon said...
Tennis balls that my dog had lost in the snow are now found....six so far. 3/18/09 2:16 PM
- Megan Humphrey from Burlington said...
Another sign of spring---hopscotch with sidewalk chalk in Burlington. 3/18/09 1:13 PM
- John from Chester said...
Big flock of geese headed north & flying high over Chester at 10 a.m. 3/18/09 1:04 PM
- anonymous from Hanover said...
Bare-chested joggers around campus 3/18/09 10:31 AM
- lorne babb from fairfield said...
Rode my scooter to work today, Awesome! 3/18/09 12:22 AM
- Pat O'Shea from Franklin said...
The UPS truck made it down our hill and back up. 3/17/09 9:45 PM
- Anne McCormick from Hatley, Quebec said...
A turkey vulture flying over Ayer's Cliff, Quebec on March 17th. 3/17/09 7:24 PM
- jen from worcester said...
3 evening grosbeaks - 1 male, 2 female - arrived at our feeder in Worcester on Saturday. 3/17/09 5:00 PM
- Mark Boutwell from Hartland said...
Signs of Spring: an orange caution sign posted on Route 12 in Hartland 3 Corners. "BUMP next 7 miles" 3/17/09 3:49 PM
- anonymous from Woodbury said...
That is it.Spring hath sprung. People are shoveling the snow from their yards into the street. I don't need anymore signs than that! 3/17/09 2:32 PM
- anonymous said...
The goats are rubbing along the fence to rub their winter coats off.
and
My boss drove his Corvette to work today. 3/17/09 12:03 PM
- Sue Ann Forcier said...
North Charlestown, NH; I saw a flash of blue near the nest box...grabbed the binoculars and sure enough it was an eastern bluebird and mate returning to our box. Yipee! 3/17/09 10:50 AM
- anonymous said...
Geese winging their way north above the Connecticut River in Norwich. Kids on bikes, adults on motorcycles, outrageous spring sledding on top of the crust! 3/17/09 10:45 AM
- anonymous said...
Yellow warbler singing. 3/17/09 9:38 AM
- anonymous from Randolph said...
an insect bite. 3/17/09 12:11 AM
- Harry & Betty from Norwich said...
A Bat flew over the house tonight at around 6PM. We thought this is early, but we have seen some moths around. 3/16/09 9:43 PM
- jeffrey from hartland four corners said...
We hung the laundry outside today instead of inside by the wood stove! 3/16/09 8:40 PM
- David Pilachowski from Bennington said...
The woodcocks are out and about at dawn in the fields at the west end of Bennington 3/16/09 1:17 PM
- Joan Furchgott from Lincoln said...
a butterfly at the base of Snake Mountain (maybe a sulpher?)! 3/16/09 11:16 AM
- Jess Little-Hayes from Burlington said...
A Robin in our backyard on Friday, my horse is shedding her winter coat and I spent the whole day Sunday without a hat! 3/16/09 11:13 AM
- Ellen Drysdale from Berlin said...
Redwing blackbirds are singing near Berlin Pond--also heard a woodcock this morning. The mud smells great! 3/16/09 10:40 AM
- anonymous said...
Heard first and then saw a flock of canada geese heading north on Saturday March 14th in Grantham, NH. 3/16/09 10:30 AM
- Andree Reno from Barton said...
Red-winged blackbirds are back in Barton! What a wonderful song to hear again in the morning. 3/16/09 12:48 AM
- anonymous from Waterbury Center said...
The kids are outside jumping on the trampoline at 7pm and not wearing coats. 3/15/09 10:20 PM
- John Hadden from Huntington said...
Redwing blackbirds are back in Huntington! 3/15/09 8:37 PM
- Brattleboro said...
South facing flower bed in Brattleboro. Crocus or hyacinth buds. See Flickr for photo

Jerry Carbone Brattleboro 3/15/09 4:59 PM
- Tom G from Essex Junction said...
At 3 PM Saturday 3/14 saw a beautiful red cardinal on the side lawn in Essex Jct., VT.
3/15/09 2:17 PM
- Barry Spear from Poultney said...
woodchuck spotted nibbling on some grass before diving back into the burrow. Saturday March 14th 3/15/09 11:50 AM
- anonymous from Vershire said...
Plugged in the garage door opener and took the winter recreational gear (snowshoes, skates, sleds) out of the car. 3/14/09 10:08 PM
- Thomas Ziobrowski from Danville said...
Red Wing Blackbirds at Danville Train Station recycling center; can Yellow Warblers be far behind !!! 3/14/09 2:39 PM
- Patty McWilliams from Middletown Springs said...
Snow drops are up! Saw a redwing blackbird on the way to work this morning. 3/14/09 1:25 PM
- anonymous from Brattleboro said...
The first cat vomit with _grass_ in it (on the bed in the guestroom)! 3/14/09 1:06 PM
- Jeanice Garfield from Springfield said...
Pine siskins bathing in melted snow at the base of maple trees that are being tapped for sugaring. 3/14/09 12:17 PM
- Matthew Witten from Starksboro said...
I was AMAZED to see a 2-inch tadpole in the upper LaPlatte River behind the Hinesburg Central School today - 3/13/09. It was lazily swimming, and moved away as I approached. 3/13/09 8:19 PM
- anonymous from Putney said...
The Cedar Waxwing Birds have made it to Putney!!! 3/13/09 7:08 PM
- anonymous said...
I can see my driveway again. 3/13/09 3:20 PM
- Melissa Strayton from Barnard, VT said...
I was driving by Billings Farm (Route 12/Woodstock) this morning and I smelled a SKUNK!

P.S. Hi Guys and THANK YOU ALWAYS for your great
weather reports -- couldn't live here without 'em! 3/13/09 1:01 PM
- anonymous from Calais said...
Redwing blackbirds in Maple Corners. Over the last four years they have come within the same 3 day period! 3/13/09 10:30 AM
- anonymous from East Lyndon said...
Steam billowing out of the sugar house, and tractor tracks on the right-of-way leading back to the sugar bush.... 3/13/09 8:08 AM
- anonymous said...
My dog got her first tick!!! Noooooo! :) 3/12/09 3:03 PM
- Greg from Plattsburgh, NY said...
Sightings from Pt. Au Roche, NY (opposite North Hero)-- Two days ago, sighted three or four Canadian geese in a field in the morning. Today, saw four geese landing in a different field in the AM, but not sure whether Canadian or Snow geese.

Yesterday, we saw a turkey vulture in the afternoon.

Songbirds are all about, but I think they wintered over on nieghbors' feeders.

Spring (brrr) is in the air! 3/12/09 2:00 PM
- anonymous said...
I put my bindings on my rock board 3/12/09 1:19 AM
- anonymous from Barnet said...
A groundhog emerged from its burrow in the snow-covered field, and scurried into the woods. 3/11/09 6:35 PM
- anonymous from newport said...
Every morning I take a walk and this morning I realized how many birds were singing!
-chickadees-robins-crows-{and the crows were particularly loud!!!} 3/11/09 6:28 PM
- Dee from Sharon said...
CLUSTER FLIES!! :-( 3/11/09 2:09 PM
- Sharon from Essex said...
I saw what I think was a pilated woodpecker fly over the dirt road and swoop gracefully into a still leafless tree in Westford. 3/11/09 10:40 AM
- Susan from Newbury said...
Crows flying with sticks and other 'natural debris' hanging from their talons (apparantly to build nests) - great, just what we need more crows! 3/11/09 10:02 AM
- Barclay Morris from Grand Isle said...
First sighting of a turkey vulture on the way home from work on Tuesday eve...soaring over the Route 2 Lamoille River Bridge in Milton. 3/11/09 12:30 AM
- anonymous said...
Spotted a pair of rose breated grosbeaks feasting on pine seeds in the plantation behind the elementary school in Underhill Center. 3/10/09 9:33 PM
- Margery from Springfield, VT said...
Before the snow yesterday I saw BRIGHT GREEN Primrose leaves on the east side of my house, a small cluster of daffodil foliage poking up in a bare spot on a south-facing slope and the foliage tips of some early species tulips glowing redish against the snow in my south garden! 3/10/09 7:42 PM
- anonymous said...
The cows are shedding in Addison County. 3/10/09 7:29 PM
- Pierre Swick from Waitsfield said...
Don't need foot warmers in my ski boots anymore. 3/10/09 7:11 PM
- Bob & Anita from Weybridge said...
We had to don boots to accomplish it but, for the first time in 2009, we hung a load of laundry outside on March 7. 3/10/09 6:55 PM
- anonymous from Pownal, VT said...
Redwinged blackbirds on Feb 16th and again on March 9th. They arrived at the birdfeeder in the snow 3/10/09 5:42 PM
- anonymous from Shrewsbury said...
six foot thick glacial ice sheet moves one inch 3/10/09 5:16 PM
- anonymous said...
Groups of women walking for exercise at lunchtime in St Albans. 3/10/09 4:09 PM
- anonymous from Grand Isle said...
Daffodils and hyacinths are poking up through the mulch on my flower garden that is on top of the septic tank....nice and warm there!! 3/10/09 2:56 PM
- anonymous said...
I saw a patient who slipped in the mud instead of on the ice, I joked with the patient that it was a true sign that mud season has arrived! 3/10/09 2:08 PM
- Bill Holland from Montpelier said...
There were well over 100 cedar waxwings in a poplar tree this morning! 3/10/09 1:11 PM
- anonymous said...
Tweeting swallows living in my dryer vent!!! 3/10/09 12:33 PM
- anonymous from Keeseville, NY said...
The Lake Champlain ferry crew has taken off ski goggles, and a few are even going without hats. 3/10/09 12:06 PM
- John from Huntington said...
Cyclists on the App Gap road! 3/10/09 10:57 AM
- erik from south strafford said...
I can see the top of the lawn mower handle! 3/10/09 10:08 AM
- anonymous from West Danville said...
Bikes and kayaks are starting to show up on Craig's list after a winter of ski and snowboard listings! 3/9/09 11:14 PM
- Tom Walters from Richmond said...
Hosta poking up through the soil in Richmond! 3/9/09 10:23 PM
- anonymous said...
Had the joy of sitting in the middle of an enormous flock of cedar waxwings today. They were hungrily feeding on crab apples at the coop in Montpelier. What an uplifting sight! 3/9/09 8:01 PM
- Milo from Randolph Center said...
Exposure of the dog poop mine field in the back yard. 3/9/09 6:34 PM
- anonymous from rupert said...
morning doves
skunkes (unfortunately dead in the road)
greens sprouting
Connie in Rupert 3/9/09 5:35 PM
- Chris Bouchard from Lyndonville said...
The sap has started running in a few old maples in Lyndonville! 3/9/09 4:25 PM
- Helen said...
The snow is off the grass over the septic tank, again.

The loggers are getting done in the back woods and getting their equipment out
before it's too late (mud).

Mud! Where there's life, there's mud.
3/9/09 4:24 PM
- Anna from Peacham said...
Muddy roads, like driving through a bog, in parts of Peacham! 3/9/09 3:52 PM
- anonymous from Moretown said...
MUD MUD MUD!!! 3/9/09 1:07 PM
- Laura from St. johnsbury said...
Saw a pileated woodpecker digging out a fresh hole in an old tree... 3/9/09 12:51 PM
- anonymous from Barre said...
Water in the basement is a sure sign of spring!
3/9/09 11:10 AM
- Gwen K. from Acworth, NH said...
Saw my first robin at 7AM this morning, alerted by it's unmistakable 'chuck, chuck', in my backyard on a patch of bare ground around a maple tree. Though I first heard robins at dawn a couple of weeks ago. Also, our road now has a stretch of well developed mucky mud. I love it! 3/9/09 12:26 AM
- Murray McHugh from Granville, NY said...
Ice at the edge of the pond in Granville, NY melting - tadpoles and newts caught in a net. 3/8/09 9:52 PM
- Mark Twery from Burlington said...
Today (March 8) I confirmed that the rhubarb in my garden is peeking up and beginning to open, now that enough snow has melted. See the flickr post. 3/8/09 8:19 PM
- Scott from Guilford said...
Three things told me winter is on the way out today. 1) The snow melted enough to allow me to find the missing garbage can lid that blew off way back in December. 2) The dog got hot enough lying in the sun she actually went and rolled in the snow to cool off! 3) Soon after she left her cooling off spot, snow fleas appeared! 3/8/09 7:52 PM
- anonymous from South Hero said...
In Burlington 3/6: A cardinal and a robin duet, bare-legged joggers, a woodpecker drumming, and one-inch high green plant shoots in the mud. In South Hero 3/7: First chipmunk and a very hungry brown-headed male cowbird. 3/8/09 7:34 PM
- Franny from Burlington said...
A shiny red convertible with the top down in Burlington 3/8/09 5:56 PM
- Wanda Prince from Lyndonville said...
A motorcyclist in Lyndonville this afternoon! 3/8/09 5:46 PM
- R. Mueller from Springfield said...
A pair of snowdrops is blooming outside my kitchen window. 3/8/09 1:35 PM
- Jessica from Sudbury said...
Snowdrops are blooming! 3/8/09 1:02 PM
- R. Guest from Saint Johnsbury said...
A Bald Eagle on Route 93 South going down the long hill toward Route 91. About halfway down that hill, on the left side of the road, eating from something that looked like a garbage bag. 3/8/09 9:38 AM
- Rich from Etna, NH said...
A small (100 pound?) bear came after the bird feeder in the yard this evening, and lingered even after I turned on the lights.

Perhaps it's time to retire the bird feeder for the season, a little early this year. 3/8/09 1:20 AM
- mary from S said...
a pair of hawks, one with nesting material in its beak. 3/7/09 11:24 PM
- Matt from Rutland said...
Woodpeckers hammering away while sitting on my back porch. 3/7/09 8:19 PM
- BOB HEITZMAN from White River Junction said...
Signs of Spring this weekend in Hartford: mergansers in the White River, chives coming up in the garden, and a bat fluttering around in the late afternoon! 3/7/09 7:54 PM
- Jaki Reis from Brattleboro said...
I saw Cardinals earlier this week and heard Blue Jays today! 3/7/09 2:28 PM
- Deborah from Sharon said...
A robin sang outside my window this morning, and the cat went outside for the first time since November {are these two things related?} 3/7/09 1:52 PM
- Rob from Hillsboro Upper Village N.H. said...
The sap buckets and tubing have sprouted from the East Washington Baptist Church yard maples. 3/7/09 12:19 PM
- anonymous said...