| March 03, 2010 |
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| Signs of Spring 2010 |
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| What signals spring to you? Snow fleas, robins, sugaring, mud.......sandals, lawn mowers, and many others. Please share your observations of the emergence of Spring, now through the month of April. |
| Posted by Mark Breen @2:30 PM |
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| - Brian from Shelburne said... |
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| Signs of Spring 2010: 'Winter Storm Warning.' 4/27/10
11:36 AM |
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| - chris from warren said... |
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| Looking out at my roto-tiller and finely tilled garden, while snow is falling at a pretty steady rate!! 4/17/10
6:09 PM |
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| - Jim MacKellar from Newport Center, VT said... |
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| A garter snake enjoying the sunshine. 4/14/10
1:31 PM |
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| - John Hadden from Huntington said... |
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| Tree swallows have returned to Huntington! We also have dutchman's britches, spring beauties, yellow & white violets, and trout lilies all blooming in the woods. These are a good 10-15 days ahead of the past 10 years of data I have… Hmmmm… 4/14/10
1:31 PM |
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| - David from Bomosee said... |
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| Rare siting on Lake Bomoseen... 5 Red-necked Grebes...on a very calm morning, the lake was smooth as glass... these majetic long necked diving birds floated and fished in effortless fashion...a most memorable morining migration. 4/12/10
12:55 PM |
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| - linda from Guilford said... |
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| Outside photographing the light, plants flowering and leafing out daily. Hellebores, daffodils, bloodroot, hyacinths, leadwort, wild cherry, grape hyacinth, oh my ! 4/12/10
10:39 AM |
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| - Margo Howland from White River Junction said... |
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Forsythia in bloom in our front yard; earthworms moving about in flowerbeds -- and the soil is warm!
Margo Howland
White River Junction 4/11/10
11:36 PM |
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| - Janis Raye from St. Johnsbury said... |
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| I love spring, but one of my least favorite signs that spring is here is the Return of the Woodchucks! They're baaaaack! We maintain a wary truce -- they eat delphinium buds and dig big holes; I can't seem to dislodge them. 4/9/10
5:26 PM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| We know it's spring in Essex Jct when the Harley dealership is buzzing and the obnoxious bikes are all over the streets of Essex. Forget the F-35 jets; people should be protesting the noise pollution from the inconsiderate Harley owners. 4/9/10
1:01 AM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| Sign of Spring - a Florida license plate in Manchester. 4/8/10
12:35 PM |
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| - anonymous from Essex said... |
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| My neighbor has finally dismantled his outdoor hockey rink... 4/8/10
11:38 AM |
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| - Gerry Botha from Barnard said... |
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At 2000 feet in Barnard - Heard very loud chorus of peepers when it hit 80 degrees yesterday and Hermit Thrushes songs this morning - weeks early!
Also large numbers of Robins and Blue Jays already, plus a Magnolia tree and Forsythia blooming in Bethel. 4/8/10
11:18 AM |
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| - Peter Smyth from West Glover said... |
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| Our nearby brook joins the chorus of peeping mentioned in earlier posts - early for us! 4/8/10
9:38 AM |
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| - Lynne Woodard from Calais said... |
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| Peepers hopping across the County Road between Montpelier and Maple Corner. 4/8/10
2:01 AM |
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| - Frank from Jericho said... |
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| I always know it's spring when VPR starts asking us to send in signs of Spring. 4/7/10
5:56 PM |
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| - Kathryn Smith from Burlington said... |
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| a mosquito buzzing around my ankles as I sat on my front steps. 4/7/10
1:42 PM |
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| - Kathryn Smith from Burlington said... |
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| a mosquito buzzing around my ankles as I sat on my front steps. 4/7/10
1:39 PM |
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| - Mary from Bethlehem, NH said... |
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| Have to start carrying my epipens when I take my walks 4/7/10
11:48 AM |
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| - Wallace H Good Jr from St Albans said... |
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| 7 nesting pairs of Osprey arrived @ Grand Isle Causeway - Sand Bar State Park this week! 4/6/10
9:10 PM |
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| - Virginia Macey-Schuette from N Middlesex said... |
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| I saw a motorcycle head up Killington with his snowboard strapped on the back on Easter Sunday. 4/6/10
10:54 AM |
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| - Holly Simpson from Johnson said... |
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| Peeper frogs in Johnson since Wednesday! And we saw the heron landed in the Gihon for the first time this year. 4/5/10
10:36 PM |
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| - Jim MacKellar from Newport Center VT said... |
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honeybees visiting crocus flowers.
Ice gone from Lake Memphremagog Apr. 3.
I rototilled the veggie garden. 4/5/10
7:34 PM |
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| - BHA from S. Burlington said... |
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| Annoyingly (and illegally) loud Harley Davidsons. Makes one pine for winter! 4/5/10
1:43 PM |
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| - Judi Tompkins from Pittsford said... |
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| Going to work with the heat on in the car and going home with the windows open 4/5/10
1:43 PM |
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| - Karina Ckless from Essex Junction said... |
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| Muddy cat footprint on my couch… 4/5/10
12:25 AM |
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| - Reina Pennington from Williamstown said... |
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| The wood frogs are suddenly calling for all they're worth at the beaver pond near my house. Not a peep yesterday; cacophony today. Check out Vermont Amphibian Calling Times: http://community.middlebury.edu/~herpatlas/callingdates.html 4/4/10
6:25 PM |
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| - Bill Holland from Montpelier said... |
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| Peepers along the North Branch of the Winooski. Killdeer alongside Rt. 12. 4/4/10
1:40 PM |
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| - John Hadden from Huntington said... |
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| Took the first dip in the pond yesterday! The air was warm but the water was cold! Didn't spend much time in the water that's for sure! 4/4/10
1:33 PM |
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| - liz from windsor said... |
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storm windows up
screens down
two cats sitting in the window
fur softly moving 4/4/10
1:20 PM |
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| - Heidi from Norwich said... |
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| A spotted salamander was taking a walk across our driveway last night. 4/4/10
11:13 AM |
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| - Judy from Fayston said... |
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A beautiful young Garter snake (for those who like snakes!). Sugaring finished.
4/3/10
7:02 PM |
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| - Ann Kerrey from Putney said... |
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I just wanted to pass along my favorite sign of spring -- the small, white blossoms of our native trailing arbutus, nestled close to the ground, but discovered by at least one bumblebee!
I live along the first foothills of the Connecticut River Valley in Putney. 4/3/10
2:49 PM |
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| - Noel Bailey from Lisbon, NH said... |
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| LOUD peepers along Rt. 135 by the railroad bridge and junction with Rt 142 in Dalton, NH, both April 1 and 2. Looking forward to hearing them tonight, too! 4/3/10
12:11 PM |
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| - Kait from Perkinsville said... |
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| Peepers! The peepers were out in a loud chorus for the first time this Spring. I heard them as I left the office last night. 4/2/10
4:04 PM |
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| - Jon from Pownal said... |
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| Sexual Tension is everywhere 4/2/10
1:35 PM |
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| - David Byam from Springfield, VT said... |
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| 2 bats chasing bugs at dusk 4/2/10
1:13 PM |
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| - p.mcclatchey from so.Burlington said... |
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First male & female brown capped cowbirds arrive at feeder & are welcomed immediately by an agitated red winged black bird.
4/2/10
12:56 PM |
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| - Priscilla Bremser from Middlebury said... |
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| The pings of batting practice coming from the baseball and softball fields at Middlebury College 4/2/10
11:45 AM |
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| - dale coykendall from East Dorset said... |
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| Hi Mark ! April 1st, our first daffodil blooming and peepers singing.this first for both has been happening for years... thanks! 4/2/10
11:29 AM |
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| - John Hadden from huntington said... |
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| The bluebirds are back in Huntington! 4/2/10
11:03 AM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| The peepers have returned in Charlotte!! What a welcoming riot of noise!! 4/2/10
10:53 AM |
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| - anonymous from Warren said... |
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| Chalk drawings on the sidewalk in Warren village. 4/2/10
9:25 AM |
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| - John from Rockingham said... |
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| Tom turkey heard pining for a mate this morning... 4/2/10
9:15 AM |
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| - Kelly King from Jericho said... |
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Ok, no joke, we heard frogs in the pond tonght in Jericho! April 1st... that's got to be a record. Not the peeper kind, the croaker kind.
Wow, I don't EVER remember hearing them this early. 4/2/10
1:49 AM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| Mating pair of geese back on the bog and mating pair of mergansers back on the lake. 4/1/10
8:44 PM |
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| - Brett Murphy from West Berlin said... |
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| Found Coltsfoot in bloom along my walk today in Riverton. 4/1/10
8:04 PM |
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| - richard goldsmith from Lake Elmore said... |
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| A female Goldfinch on my feeder this morning at 9 O'clock, before the sun broke through. Richard Goldsmith, Lake Elmore 4/1/10
4:36 PM |
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| - John Hadden from Huntington said... |
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| Ice off the pond on Monday and wood frogs in the pond today! 4/1/10
1:13 PM |
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| - kip roberts from moretown, vt said... |
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| frog in the road at the top of moretown gap (moretown mtn rd). 4/1/10
1:08 PM |
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| - Albert from Littleton, NH said... |
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| First time a boat is in the water on Partridge Lake during the month of March. 4/1/10
12:06 PM |
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| - anonymous from Johnson said... |
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| yesterday i looked out the window and i saw a male turkey courting i knew this because the tail feathers were like a fan 4/1/10
11:35 AM |
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| - Mark Council from Fairlee said... |
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| Witnessed tom turkeys displaying in both Bradford and Goose Green this AM on my way to Brookfield to help out with the last gather of sap at my brother's place. (March 29) 4/1/10
11:28 AM |
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| - Louis Hayes from Williston said... |
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| First Tick found on our Golden Retiever STRIDER'S Head this morning EWWWW 4/1/10
11:07 AM |
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| - Charles from East Middlebury said... |
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| The frost heaves on Middlebury Gap have been reduced from the Rockies to the Appalachians. 4/1/10
12:11 AM |
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| - Ellen Morris from Grand Isle said... |
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First osprey of the season spotted in the Sand Bar nature preserve!
3/31/10
7:24 PM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| sign of spring: A daffodil blooming on the south side of the Town Offices in Newbury, Vermont 3/31/10
4:37 PM |
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| - Nancy Jaffe from Shelburne said... |
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| I saw worms on the bricks on the way into the 1-91 Welcome Center near Brattleboro yesterday, March 30. 3/31/10
2:07 PM |
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| - anonymous from Enosburg said... |
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| An osprey inspecting a nesting platform on the Fairfield swamp. Barred owls conversing outside the sugarhouse in Enosburg. Shoots of green grass on the all too often fertilized farm fields of Franklin county. 3/31/10
12:53 PM |
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| - Dayle Ann Stratton from Brandon said... |
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| Overnight, crocuses finally appeared, underneath magnolia whose buds are beginning to burst. Should be spectacular by this weekend. On the bad side: first black fly landed on my ear yesterday. I got it before it got me. I think it rode in on a load of firewood and warmed up. 3/31/10
12:07 PM |
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| - John Doty from Westford said... |
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| A sign of Spring from Westford Vermont - the Town Skating rink was taken down on Sunday. 3/31/10
12:06 PM |
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| - Chris Chase from Jericho said... |
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| March (this year): In like a hibernating bear, out like a wet dog. 3/31/10
11:24 AM |
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| - anonymous from Westminster said... |
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| A big pile of composted manure for sale at local dairy farm in Westminster 3/31/10
11:21 AM |
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| - Bruce Herforth from Weston said... |
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| Turning compost in Saxtons River, VT 3/31/10
8:16 AM |
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| - Kate Kinney from North Hero said... |
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| Great Blue Herons are flying into the nesting area. Welcome home, Great Blues! 3/30/10
7:34 PM |
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| - JOlesen from Waterbury said... |
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| I saw a post on the Bridge Street Facebook page that their creamee stand was now open. That is a sure sign of spring in Vermont!! 3/30/10
5:06 PM |
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| I saw a turkey vulture soaring over Seymour Lake in Morgan on Sunday. 3/30/10
4:47 PM |
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| - Donna L Burkett from Barnard said... |
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My hubby shaves his beard and gets a hair cut! I'd submit pics but there's no place to put them.
3/30/10
3:57 PM |
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| - Bill Mercier from Killington said... |
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| Alice, the Vietnamese pot-bellied pig at Mountain Meadows Lodge in Killington, who's spent the winter in the barn, now daily makes the walk from the barn to the lodge for her breakfast. 3/30/10
12:21 PM |
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| - anonymous from South Burlington said... |
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| Pulled the last of the parsnips from the garden. Yum! Another good harvest comes to an end! 3/30/10
12:33 AM |
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| - Catharine Hamilton from Marlboro said... |
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| From Marlboro VT: We had a bear show up in back of our house around 6 pm this evening. It looked like a healthy yearling - very curious. 3/29/10
11:29 PM |
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| - John Hadden from Huntington said... |
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| The pond is ice-free today. Can the wood frogs be far behind? 3/29/10
7:45 PM |
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| - Alison from Royalton said... |
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| Don't have to smash the ice in the horses' watering trough with a sledge hammer anymore 3/29/10
7:18 PM |
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| - Bruce Herforth from Weston, VT said... |
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| Great Blue Heron in flight in Weston, VT 3/29/10
4:11 PM |
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| - Derek from Elmore said... |
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| Kids gloves on the picket fence of the playground 'cause it just wasn't cold enough to need them 3/29/10
3:41 PM |
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| - char from underhill said... |
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<<i understand if this doesn't get posted, but i thought you might get a kick out of it!>>
the frozen trophy deer head that our neighbors proudly displayed from from their sideyard treestand since the fall has turned into a mop of deer fur hanging from antlers... 3/29/10
12:57 PM |
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| - Tricia from Pittfield said... |
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| Passing by the lakes on Rte 100 South (plymouth area) all the ice-fishing "homes" have been brought to shore!! 3/29/10
12:38 PM |
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| - Bethany Scott from Burlington said... |
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| There are buds on my lilac bushes this morning. This is my favorite sign of spring. 3/29/10
11:27 AM |
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| - Missy from Fairfax said... |
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| A friend called and informed me the red wing black birds are back. This is a sure sign of spring. 3-17-10 3/28/10
11:59 PM |
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| - Frederick Lord from Windsor said... |
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Water lilies beginning to sprout in the shallows of Lake Runnemede in Windsor.
First mosquito of the year last week 3/28/10
10:00 PM |
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| - anonymous from Johnson said... |
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| Gold finches are turning bright yellow, so beautiful and Spring like. 3/28/10
7:18 PM |
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| - Jane Ackerman from Norwich said... |
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| Lenten Roses in full bloom in the garden between piles of old snow. 3/28/10
4:53 PM |
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| - Otto Wurzburg from St.Johnsbury said... |
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| saw a garter snake while cutting fire wood on Saturday (3-27) in the Stark District of St. Johnsbury 3/28/10
4:27 PM |
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| - Chris from Springfield said... |
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| The sailplanes have returned to Springfield airport. 3/27/10
9:53 PM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| Bluebird sighted in North Springfield near Stoughton Pond 3/27/10
8:27 PM |
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| - Julie Ann Thayer from WILLIAMSTOWN said... |
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| Buebirds??? I couldn't believe my eyes, but I have a photo to prove it! A pair of bluebirds checking out my birdhouses (we are at nearly 2000 ft) on a cold and blustery March 26th! 3/26/10
6:33 PM |
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| - Dee Palmer from Danville said... |
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| We have a pair of hooded mergansers and a pair of mallards in our pond, 7 deer in the field and a big fat woodchuck roaming around. 3/26/10
2:33 PM |
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| - anonymous from Chittenden said... |
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| ANTS have begun their annual invasion. 3/26/10
12:07 PM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| a mockingbird "singing" in the hedge in north Brattleboro 3/26/10
10:56 AM |
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| - Philo from Northfield said... |
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| Chickadees singing pee-wee instead of chicka-dee-dee. Flocks of Cedar Waxwings stripping last year's fruit from the crab apple trees 3/25/10
4:19 PM |
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| - anonymous from underhill said... |
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spiders! being escorted out the door in glass jars!
3/25/10
3:46 PM |
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| There are children making chalk drawings on the sidewalks in Burlington. 3/24/10
11:32 PM |
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| - Penny Benelli from Chester said... |
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| Grouse in the road, Canada geese returning, beaver emerging from under the ice, otter frolicking on the ice on the beaver pond and wild tom turkeys parading in all their puffed-out glory for the hens. In the garden the snowdrops are blooming and the earth smells wonderful! 3/23/10
6:17 PM |
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| - David from Bomoseen said... |
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| Ice out 2010- Lake Bomoseen- March 22nd sets a new record for the earliest day. With records kept since 1957, only two other March days, 3/31/73 and 3/31/95. The Fair Haven Rotary plans to bring back an Ice Out 50-50 next year, we slept through 2009. 3/23/10
5:12 PM |
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| - Susan Boutwell from Hartland said... |
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| Barn spiders have returned to our back porch. 3/23/10
4:20 PM |
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| - Ruth Coppersmith from Adamant said... |
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| Milbert's Tortoise Shell butterfly flitting by me in my front yard. 3/23/10
12:34 PM |
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| - Linda from Guilford said... |
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| Saw a man putting up "Slow, salamander crossing" sign up on the road to Westminster West in Putney, Vt. this afternoon. 3/22/10
9:44 PM |
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| - Karl Decker from Townshend said... |
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| Best sound of spring I've heard is neither the peepers nor the spring freshets, but two grandsons who ask, "Poppa Karl, when do we go in and open up the camp?" And they don't take "Well, pretty soon" for an answer... 3/22/10
8:06 PM |
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| - Bill Holland from Montpelier said... |
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| Saw a solitary robin in a neighbor's yard 3/22/10
3:14 PM |
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| - Jon K from Randolph, VT said... |
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| My kids have asked me to get their bikes out of storage. Also, they wore shorts to school all last week. 3/22/10
2:51 PM |
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| - Bruce Herforth from Weston said... |
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| Bear tracks in the snow in Chester, VT 3/22/10
2:36 PM |
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| - Carrie Youngblood from Montpelier said... |
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| The earliest I can ever remember my sign of spring - kids playing Frisbee barefoot on the Statehouse Lawn last Friday, Mar 19 3/22/10
2:06 PM |
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| - Anna from Rutland said... |
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| American Crow carrying nesting material in Castleton area. 3/22/10
2:00 PM |
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| - Renee from Dorset said... |
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| One lone, lovely, vibrant purple crocus outside of the Northshire bookstore!! 3/22/10
1:07 PM |
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| - Bill Rosenberg from Killington said... |
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| The pussy willows are budding on Old Mill Rd at Killington 3/22/10
10:16 AM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| Our one SURE sign of spring down here in the Otter Creek valley is the annual flooding! It came on early this year... but it's absolutely gorgeous. The entire valley looks like a long meandering lake! But it makes it tough for those of us living on the west side of the creek to get anywhere. 3/22/10
12:45 AM |
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| - Susan from Fairlee VT said... |
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| Left Island Pond in snow flurries this morning (21st); saw a flock of loons on Lake Morey this afternoon. It must be spring! 3/21/10
10:53 PM |
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| - Dan from Westminster said... |
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| Muddy raccoon prints all over the backyard composter with its winter's worth of thawing table scraps, but good design foiled the bandits. 3/21/10
8:17 PM |
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| - Gloria and Alan from Brattleboro said... |
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| our dog Kobe came home with two ticks on him 3/21/10
7:33 PM |
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| - Gloria from Brattleboro said... |
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| Forsythia in full bloom on Pleasant St, Brattleboro 3/21/10
7:30 PM |
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| - Ellen from Littleton said... |
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| Today as I drove from Littleton,NH to S. Hadley, MA I saw a large flock of robins in Bath,NH and one lone red-wing blackbird in Wells River,VT. The further south I I drove the more signs of spring I saw,with my favorite of the day, daffodils in full bloom!! 3/21/10
6:45 PM |
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| - jeff from Montpelier said... |
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| Friday; sidewalk vendors sprung up in Montpelier providing noontime lunches. 3/21/10
2:31 PM |
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| - anonymous from Springfield said... |
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| The frostheaves on Brockway Mills Rd. are noticeably less bad... 3/20/10
8:10 PM |
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| Ants in the kitchen! 3/20/10
8:09 PM |
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| - anonymous from Hinesburg said... |
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| The first convertible at the dump in Hinesburg. (Not sure if it was his car but the front seat was full of stuff!) 3/20/10
3:27 PM |
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| - Jessica from Sudbury said... |
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| Well this is a first...a guy riding his motorcycle with his little dog standing up in a milkcrate on back of his bike, ears flying in the wind, enjoying the ride. 3/20/10
3:20 PM |
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| - Asheley from Guildhall said... |
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| Black throated green warblers singing, canada geese pairs in the Catbow Bog, Juncos & Winter Wrens singing. Tips of brave daffodils poking thru. 3/20/10
2:56 PM |
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| - David Stauffer from Peacham said... |
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| Mourning Cloak butterflies in E. Peacham March 16. 3/20/10
12:20 PM |
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| - Irv West from Thurman, NY said... |
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Last night was the first time since last fall, that my llamas chose to sleep in the field, rather than in their barn. This has always been the first sign of spring for me.
3/20/10
11:41 AM |
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Last night was the first time since last fall, that my llamas chose to sleep in the field, rather than in their barn. This has always been the first sign of spring for me.
Irv West
Thurman, NY 3/20/10
11:40 AM |
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| - anonymous from Ripton said... |
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Peepers in the pond and Robins on the Lawn!
Happy Spring 3/20/10
10:43 AM |
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| - REM from Windsor said... |
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Believe it or not, I had a MOSQUITO land on me yesterday afternoon!!!
3/20/10
10:42 AM |
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| - Jessie Morgan from Wendell, MA said... |
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| Orion and Sirius skulk along the southwest horizon, almost resigned to the gods' decree that they must leave the Pleidies alone until the fall. Maybe then ... 3/20/10
2:20 AM |
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| - Mary Thomas from Wendell, MA said... |
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Your roots route down
Winding through time
Below the hills
Where perch the towns
Into the fossils of your ancestors
And here you are
Long before the daffodils
Wee feathered dinosaurs
Slowly exploding into safforn
With the sun
Squirrels bow down below
To scavenge your scattered sunflower seeds. 3/20/10
2:03 AM |
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| - Lynette Courtney from Greensboro Bend said... |
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| All the plants in our nursery are out from under the snow. The black pussy willows are blooming & irises, daylilies & poppies are showing new green leaves. We enjoy observing our neighboorhood ravens doing spring repairs on their nest. 3/19/10
11:38 PM |
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| - anonymous from Bristol said... |
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| The Mountain Street boys (plus several friends) are out playing on the street again - basketball this year, instead of street hockey. Sometimes after dinner, with the change of time! 3/19/10
11:07 PM |
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| - Ellen from Littleton said... |
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| Turkey vultures are back in Littleton... 3/19/10
7:10 PM |
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| - Margaret Donovan from E. Dorset said... |
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| Bluebirds in Manchester yesterday! 3/19/10
5:27 PM |
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| - Donna Iverson from Winooski said... |
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| Purple crocus blooming along south sunny walls in Burlington, incessant crow calling overhead, lots of hand holding on University of Vermont green, the Irish were out in force with shamrocks and green beer. 3/19/10
2:37 PM |
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| - Liz from South Hero said... |
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| March 19: saw my first red-wing blackbird AND my first robin this morning! 3/19/10
1:26 PM |
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| - Sue from berlin said... |
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| Our cat is going outside again for the first time in months; our neighbor is riding his lawn tractor up the hill to visit the neighbors. 3/19/10
12:58 PM |
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| Goldfinches and Purple Finches 3/19/10
12:33 PM |
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My Aunt "conveniently" stopping in while my Mom makes fresh donuts for maple sugaring open house weekend!
And a pair of Bluebirds at their bird box on Tuesday 3/19/10
11:45 AM |
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| - anonymous from Peacham said... |
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Carl, our UPS man is wearing shorts!
3/19/10
11:32 AM |
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| - Linda from Kirby said... |
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| Crocus blooming in Kirby! Dafodils and tulips poking up. Dog doo cleaned up. Snow banks from plowing gone! Heart singing the joy of spring. 3/19/10
11:12 AM |
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| - anonymous from Fairfax said... |
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| Red Wing Black birds in Fairfax 3/19/10
10:03 AM |
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| - Dave and Marsha from Bennington said... |
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| Woodcocks at dawn in the fields west of Bennington 3/18/10
11:34 PM |
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| - Bob from Morrisville said... |
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| deep dirtbike ruts... in the mud. 3/18/10
11:31 PM |
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| - Tim from Arlington said... |
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| A moth by the porch light! 3/18/10
10:53 PM |
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| - anonymous from Montpelier said... |
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| grouse drumming in the woods behind my house 3/18/10
7:49 PM |
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| - anonymous from East Dorset said... |
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| Peepers! 3/18/10
5:21 PM |
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| - anonymous from Waterbury said... |
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| I saw a golf cart on a trailer in Williston heading, I assume, to a course for the season. The Williston Golf Course Range is open. 3/18/10
4:10 PM |
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| - anonymous from Woodstock said... |
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| winter trash is showing up on the back roads around woodstock 3/18/10
2:42 PM |
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| - Colleen Balch from Tinmouth said... |
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| Killdeer running and flying over the wet and muddy parking lot at Bromley Mountain yesterday afternoon. 3/18/10
1:18 PM |
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| - Colleen Balch from Tinmouth said... |
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| Woodcock peenting at Tinmouth Channel after dusk on Wednesday evening 3/18/10
1:17 PM |
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| - Andrew Mack from Burlington said... |
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| Burlington's best summer restaurant, in a yellow bus at Battery Park, is open again. 3/18/10
11:51 AM |
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| - Nate from Charlotte said... |
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| Moths at the porch light 3/18/10
12:08 AM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| Honeybees venturing out of the hive in Norwich, VT 3/17/10
8:37 PM |
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| - Karen from Hinesburg said... |
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| Last Friday saw a flock of red wing black birds converged on the grain dispenser at the dairy at Shelburne Farms. The boys are staking out their territories! 3/17/10
8:15 PM |
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| - Pat from Plattsburgh said... |
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| I saw the street sweeper go by my office yesterday. 3/17/10
6:24 PM |
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| - Erika from Bethel said... |
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| My sitings the last two days: Geese flying north over Rte 7 in Manchester, red wing black bird on the side of the road in Pittsfield, the first of our two resident Chipmunks came out today in Bethel on Lympus mountain. 3/17/10
4:31 PM |
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| - Marion Farrell from Rutland said... |
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| Yes, dafodils. And a BLUEBIRD. He was sitting on the bluebird house and this morning I watched him go inside. Nest building underway! 3/17/10
1:55 PM |
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| - Gina Mireault from Waterbury Center said... |
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| A noisy gaggle of gees were spotted flying north over Waterbury Center at 9:15 this morning (March 17th). They were preceded last week by a mother moose and her calf which were spotted crossing the road in the same area. 3/17/10
12:36 PM |
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| - Ben from Moretown said... |
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| Canada Geese - small flock overhead. 3/17/10
12:32 PM |
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| - Dave from Randolph said... |
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| A pair of bluebirds seeking out a nesting site at a birdhouse in Randolph Wednesday morning. 3/17/10
12:22 PM |
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| - Danielle from Roxbury said... |
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| I heard the honking of Canada geese in the distance... 3/17/10
11:12 AM |
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| - Rosemary from Middletown Springs said... |
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| Kestrels on the wires. Three chipmunks running across the top of the stone wall today. New green on the herb plants--thyme, feverfew, chives. And, FINALLY, some of my daffodils have poked up! Still too much snow on top of most of 'em. 3/16/10
10:37 PM |
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| - Mike from Roxbury said... |
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| Unfortunately, the ubiquitous sight of 3 seasons worth of litter exposed along the side of the roads as the snow melts away, and Green Up Day isn't until May 1st! 3/16/10
8:48 PM |
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| - Sasha from Plymouth said... |
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| I passed a tractor trailer carrying a full load of potting soil over the Killington Pass 3/16/10
8:24 PM |
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| - Diana Lawrence from Grafton said... |
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| Crocuses are up in Grafton. 3/16/10
7:56 PM |
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| - Jean from Lyndonville said... |
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| Muddy pawprints on my kitchen floor! 3/16/10
7:36 PM |
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| - kim murphy from manchester said... |
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| the groomers at the Equinox Golf Course were busy grooming the greens! 3/16/10
6:50 PM |
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| - David Gates from Manchester Center said... |
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| 1st Woodchuck sighting in Shaftsbury! 3/16/10
6:39 PM |
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| - Jim G. from Burlington said... |
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| The wasps are awake and buzzing around our shed. Time to get a new Epi-pen, I guess. 3/16/10
5:59 PM |
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| - joyce mandevill from East Hardwick said... |
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| Yesterday I was finally able to get the illuminated reindeer from the front lawn where they've been frozen to the ground since Christmas. 3/16/10
5:38 PM |
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| - Deirdre Holmes from Charlotte said... |
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| Making room in the freezer, in order to "rescue" enough snow for my daughter's "sugar on snow" party next week. 3/16/10
3:51 PM |
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| - M. Brockway from Springfield said... |
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| HUGE flock of red-wing blackbirds arrived on Skitchewaug Trail between 10:45 and 11:00a.m. on Sunday, March 14th. The tops of the trees along a stone wall separating 2 fields were loaded with them by the end of the 15 minutes – all singing at the top of their lungs. Quite a sight (and sound) to behold! 3/16/10
3:27 PM |
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| - Don Shall from Burlington, Vermont said... |
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| Sign of Spring in Burlington: our kitten's first Spring has produced a corpse pile of five (so far) dead mice, delivered to our back door. 3/16/10
2:08 PM |
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| - David from Bomoseen said... |
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Early "ice out" prediction for Lake Bomoseen.
The cap turned blackish yesterday. The edges are freeing up and muskrats are feeding and popping up through the abandoned tip-up fishing holes. 3/16/10
1:48 PM |
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| - Libby Hillhouse from Ryegate said... |
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| Feeding the honey bees, the season's first bee sting....worrying the bear might come through to topple the hive.....time to put up the electric fence! 3/16/10
11:24 AM |
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| - Lori from Thetford Center said... |
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| A vee of geese winging their way north this morning!!! 3/16/10
10:40 AM |
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| - Robin Nuse from Hanover said... |
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| My daffodils are coming up! 3/15/10
11:57 PM |
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| - Carla and Bailey from Burlington said... |
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| As Bailey, my 15 year old Springer Spaniel, and I were out walking today, I looked down and saw a Wooley Bear Caterpillar walking across my neighbor's driveway. Yippee! There is sure to be an Isabella Tigermoth soon, of course, that's assuming the little guy made to the other side of the door yard! Happy Spring! 3/15/10
11:02 PM |
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| - anonymous from groton said... |
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| raking up a winter's worth of dog doo. 3/15/10
9:37 PM |
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| - Laura from Lancaster said... |
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| the extension cords from Christmas finally come loose from snowbank...and its "skunks on parade" here in Lancaster! 3/15/10
7:00 PM |
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| - anonymous from Hartland said... |
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| Our son in 8th grade, has switched to wearing shorts to school everyday! 3/15/10
5:51 PM |
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| - Dan from middlebury said... |
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| The Sea Gulls are back squawking over the parking lot 3/15/10
5:41 PM |
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| - Ran3dy Bright from Montpelier said... |
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| Sure sign of spring: my cat just brought in his first mouse of the season! 3/15/10
4:18 PM |
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| - Ellen Drysdale from Berlin said... |
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| Red-winged blackbirds were back on Berlin Pond on Friday, March 12. Weren't there Thursday, but were on Friday. Hurray! 3/15/10
10:57 AM |
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| - Patrice Goodwin from Jericho said... |
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| Snow Shovels, snow scrapers, and ice melt on sale for half price at the supermarket! 3/14/10
11:02 PM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| Snowshoers in Speedos ! 3/14/10
10:40 PM |
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| - Lori from Thetford Center said... |
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| Crew teams out on the Connecticut River in Norwich! And a moth at the window last night! 3/14/10
2:37 PM |
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| - nancy crowe from jeffersonville said... |
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| snowdrops (a small flowering bulb) are up on my front lawn in Jeffersonville! 3/14/10
2:31 PM |
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| - Kerstin from Wardsboro said... |
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| The snow is sliding off my roof and crashing onto my deck! Ah, spring! 3/14/10
1:32 PM |
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| - Max Kraus from Middlebury said... |
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| Our first chipmunk, back from hibernation! 3/14/10
1:18 PM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| Our first chipmunk, back from hibernation! 3/14/10
1:17 PM |
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| - Glenn from Essex, VT said... |
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| The smell of a woodstove blending with the smell of a bar-b-que grill. 3/14/10
1:05 PM |
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| - Linda Elbow from West Glover said... |
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| Raccoons have destroyed my bird feeder and torn apart the compost bucket in my woodshed - two annual events that are VERY SURE signs of spring. 3/13/10
9:16 PM |
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| - Rosemeryl from Jericho, VT said... |
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| First sighting of red-winged blackbirds and grackles in the backyard! 3/13/10
6:52 PM |
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| - anonymous from North Middlesex said... |
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The smooth heads and beaded eyes of our pink flamingoes emerging from the melting snowpack.
3/13/10
6:10 PM |
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| - Gregory Crawford from Stockbridge said... |
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| To defend her nesting territory, a female cardinal is once again attacking her reflection in the rear-view mirrors on my truck. 3/13/10
12:32 PM |
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| - David Reynolds from St. Johnsbury said... |
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| The frost heave signs have bloomed along the roadsides. 3/13/10
11:43 AM |
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| - Brett Murphy from Riverton (West Berlin) said... |
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| In Riverton this morning, there was a Red Wing Blackbird at the feeder. 3/13/10
11:38 AM |
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| - Connie from Rupert said... |
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Boats training behind cars.
Woodchucks popping out
patches of GREEN grass in meadows 3/13/10
11:07 AM |
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| - Ann Larson from Essex said... |
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| a chevron of geese flying north over the VPR Colchester studio--about 1 p.m., 3/12 3/12/10
10:12 PM |
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| - Pat from Shelburne said... |
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| Last year's turtle hatchlings have emerged from their nest in Shelburne. 3/12/10
9:23 PM |
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| - Sue Reed from Norwich VT said... |
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| Crew teams rowing on the Connecticut River above Ledyard Bridge in Hanover NH. Their last day in 2009 was 12/2. 3/12/10
7:25 PM |
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| - Brad from Waterbury said... |
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| More roadkill on I89; especially skunks! 3/12/10
7:03 PM |
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| - Tobe Proctor from Putney said... |
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| The Cedar WaxWing birds are back in Putney!! 3/12/10
4:44 PM |
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| - Rosemary from Middletown Springs said... |
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| Hearing the call of the titmouse in the mornings. Turkeys fanning their tails in a nearby field yesterday. Chipmunk running across the remaining snow a few days ago behind the house. First johnny-jump-up blossom in my Castleton garden project. And this morning my husband & our dog found moose scat and the prints of the cow & calf in Middletown Springs Mineral Springs Park. 3/12/10
4:03 PM |
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| - Jane from Waterbury said... |
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| The smell of mud!! 3/12/10
3:50 PM |
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| - Jane from Waterbury said... |
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| The smell of mud!! 3/12/10
3:50 PM |
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| - Kate and Leon from Plainfield said... |
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| People on the streets of Montpelier can be seen with fresh hot cross buns from the Manghi's Bread bakery. 3/12/10
3:34 PM |
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| - David from Lake Bomoseen said... |
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| Ants ! 3/12/10
2:59 PM |
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| - Patty from Middletown Springs said... |
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| A birdfeeder was flung half-way down the hill by a midnight marauder. Snowdrops are up! 3/12/10
2:11 PM |
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| - JC from Bethel said... |
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| Turkey vulture over Bethel on 3/08 3/12/10
2:08 PM |
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| - Libby Hillhouse from Ryegate said... |
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| Wood frogs at Roy Mt. in Barnet! We heard them while SNOWSHOEING past. Cedar Waxwings and Robins in the Wolf River apple tree which still hangs its apples, even in March. 3/12/10
1:21 PM |
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| - Andrew from Colchester said... |
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| Our Geese that hang out on our Pond every year are back. :-) 3/12/10
11:10 AM |
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| - Elizabeth from Brookfield said... |
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| A friend who is an impeccable dresser has put her classic winter coat away and is wearing her classic raincoat. And then there's the cat, who now wants to go outdoors ALL THE TIME. 3/12/10
8:46 AM |
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| - Blithe from Rutland said... |
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| Pussywillows are fuzzy on the Castleton campus. Field mice are having field days under the bird feeder. My neighbor, very optimistically, just bought a motorcycle. 3/12/10
12:13 AM |
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| - David Lane from Clarendon said... |
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| My truck is sinking into my driveway. 3/11/10
11:05 PM |
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| - Susan Ritz from Montpelier said... |
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| icy paths in Hubbard Park. everyone wearing yaktrax! 3/11/10
10:11 PM |
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| - Dan Maher from Georgia said... |
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| The surest sign of Spring that I have ever known is when VPR ask for listeners signs of Spring. 3/11/10
9:39 PM |
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| - Sam Sanders from Waltham said... |
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| Redwings! 3/11/10
8:53 PM |
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| - Walter from Derby said... |
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| Redwings calling; pussy willows popped and bulbs sprouting in Derby near Lake Memphremagog. 3/11/10
8:17 PM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| A convertible with its top down was seen in Danville! 3/11/10
7:22 PM |
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| - Dan from Bomoseen said... |
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| Altho robins have wintered over, today was the first that I heard territorial calls. Also small brown bat flying over Loves Marsh Pond at 2:00 this afternoon. (Let Scott Darling of Vermont Fish & Wildlife know) 3/11/10
6:56 PM |
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| - Rebecca from Brattleboro said... |
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| A cardinal seems to have claimed each block of the neighborhood, and early in the morning they sit high up and whoooop! 3/11/10
6:56 PM |
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| - Deborah from Shoreham said... |
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| 1 grackle, 1 blackbird, and a skein of northbound geese in Shoreham 3/11/10
4:51 PM |
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| - anonymous from montpelier said... |
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| The cat went out, found bare ground and green grass to eat, came inside and vomited on the rug. Ah, spring... 3/11/10
4:09 PM |
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| - Jim & Deb from Manchester Center said... |
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| Manchester Center, Corner Stone Farm: baby lambs/bugs in barn lights/barn yard smells and today the smell of a light spring rain. 3/11/10
4:02 PM |
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| - Larry Schick from Colchester said... |
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| Our landscaper is out Mulching already, March 11. Gee, the smell of fresh mulch is in the air and smells wonderful. 3/11/10
3:07 PM |
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| - Peter from Alstead Center said... |
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| the potatoes are staring to sprout 3/11/10
3:03 PM |
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| - Beth from Lisbon NH said... |
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| Evening grosbeaks back in Lisbon NH 3/11/10
1:05 PM |
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| - Reeve from dorset said... |
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| two oppossums under the bird feeders in the late evening. 3/11/10
12:30 PM |
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| - Keara Yaggy from Bristol said... |
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| Two Red Wing Blackbirds singing and displaying. 3/11/10
11:21 AM |
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| - Katie from Waterbury said... |
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| Robins in Reading on 3/2! And the sand everywhere on the roads, sidewalks, ick. 3/11/10
11:11 AM |
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| - Ellie from Williston said... |
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| As I was basking on a south facing porch last weekend I was treated to a lone robin exploring the ground around my compost bins. Looking in the other direction I noticed about 2" of lily greens poking skyward among old foliage. I've purchased new seed packets lately, seen some bare legs outside, and least exciting of all has been the increase of cluster flies bouncing against sunny windows! Loving the strength of the sun :-) 3/11/10
10:48 AM |
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| - gail montany from littleton, n.h. said... |
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| Yesterday we spotted a snowshoe rabbit in the wooded area of our yard and he had patches of brown on the white fur. 3/11/10
10:15 AM |
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| - John Hadden from Huntington said... |
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| Redwing blackbirds at our feeder! 3/11/10
9:55 AM |
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| - Gia from Charlotte said... |
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| The large ice chunks have fallen from the cliffs along I89!!! 3/11/10
9:27 AM |
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| - Bill Murray from Guilford said... |
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Skunks vigorously mating in the middle of our driveway.
A fox hunting for food for his mate and this year's kits. 3/11/10
2:27 AM |
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| - Valerie from Westminster, VT said... |
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| A beaver has been catching fish from a backyard pond in Rockingham, VT, then he sits on the remaining ice to eat them! 3/11/10
1:00 AM |
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| - Kate Davie from Ryegate said... |
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| There is a saw whet owl, presumably seeking a like-minded saw whet owl, calling in our woods. 3/11/10
12:20 AM |
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| - Morgan from West Danville said... |
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| I saw a bat that was sluggish and flying slow, fresh out of hibernation, I guess, get attacked and eaten by a shrike, itself probably just arrived from migration. 3/10/10
10:36 PM |
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| - Lynore Bolton from Lyme NH said... |
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| Heard flock of geese on their flight over Lyme. Iris are emerging next to a stone bench on the Lyme common. 3/10/10
9:55 PM |
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| - Maurice Rancourt from Bennington VT said... |
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| I saw a crocus in full bloom, yesterday, here in Bennington. Also hearing the Winter birds chatting it up quite a bit more, and swelling buds on bushes. 3/10/10
5:45 PM |
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| - anonymous from Montpelier said... |
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| Going outside without a jacket here in Montpelier. Cyclists on the roads again. Sap buckets and sugarhouses boiling in Waterbury Center. 3/10/10
5:09 PM |
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| - Barbara Butenhof from Hanover said... |
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| Geese are starting to fly north, my snowdrops are blooming, two crocus are out and early daffodils are showing buds and I have spring fever. 3/10/10
5:04 PM |
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| - Monique Laperle from Burlington said... |
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| Two signs come to mind right off: One is when my order of Girl Scout cookies come in. And the second is when I can no longer walk on water. 3/10/10
4:37 PM |
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| - Karen Kevra from Montpelier said... |
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| The sweet sound of the Voice of the Boston Red Sox--Joe Castiglione on the radio!!! Music to my ears! Go SOX 3/10/10
4:11 PM |
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| - Lynn McMorrow from West Enosburgh said... |
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A single lost wolly bear, cardinal mating calls and best of all, me on my MP3 Scooter Saturday 6 March!
Lynn
Enosburgh 3/10/10
3:32 PM |
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| - Josh from Concord NH said... |
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| First big bug splat on the windscreen of my car- Rt 132 in central NH. Of course I smeared it with the wipers. 3/10/10
3:32 PM |
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| - Kate and Ed Canning from Rupert, Vt. said... |
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| We had redwings show up on Sat. the 6th of March in Rupert.. 3/10/10
3:20 PM |
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| - Marsha Downs from Glencliff said... |
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| First field mouse running around outside and eating bird seed. Daffodils coming up in the orchard. 3/10/10
3:00 PM |
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| - Rosemary from Middletown Springs said... |
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| Purple finch in Castelton on Saturday, 3/6. I've also seen bald eagles in Shoreham, Middletown Springs (my home town) and Sudbury in the last 8 weeks or so. And, of course, the chickens are laying up a storm of eggs these days! 3/10/10
2:50 PM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| A canoe on a car in front of the canoe and kayak shop in Stowe. 3/10/10
2:45 PM |
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| - anonymous from Burlington said... |
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| co-workers that wear dresses without their nylons & tights! yippeee! bare legs = warm weather. where are my open-toed shoes! 3/10/10
2:37 PM |
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| - Bill Holland from Montpelier said... |
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| The sweet song of cardinals heard yesterday morning in Montpelier. 3/10/10
2:22 PM |
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| - Marcela from Shelburne said... |
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| blooming snowdrops in my garden! 3/10/10
2:18 PM |
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| - Chris Foster from Stannard said... |
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| Wild turkeys have taken to the woods after spending many winter weeks under our bird feeder! 3/10/10
2:09 PM |
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| - Lucy Georgeff from Andover said... |
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| One big sign of spring for me is flies in the kitchen! They are slow and faltering so I am able to swat them and imagine a fly-free summer (not likely). 3/10/10
1:58 PM |
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| - Ursula Hirschmann from Pittsford, VT said... |
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| "our" red wing blackbird returning to his favorite perch and "screaming" O-ka-eeeh! 3/10/10
1:49 PM |
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| - Peter Szymkowicz from Shoreham, VT said... |
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| Bluebirds nestbuilding, nightcrawlers slithering. 3/10/10
1:23 PM |
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| - Brad Caswell from Corinth, VT said... |
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| Swarming March Flies in the leaves where snow has melted around trees in my field on Pike Hill in Corinth, VT. The noise of them scrambling around in the leaves attracted my attention. 3/10/10
1:07 PM |
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| - Sandra Wall from Hubbardton said... |
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| Male ruffled grouse seen displaying and dancing for a pair of females. Grouse heard drumming in the woods. 3/10/10
12:07 PM |
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| - John H. Kueffner from Waterbury Center said... |
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| A pair of bluebirds this morning in Waterbury Center! 3/10/10
11:21 AM |
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| - Stacia from Proctorsville said... |
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| Red-winged blackbirds eating bird seed on the back deck. Seems early to me here in the higher-elevation boondocks of Proctorsville (Cavendish). Still lots of snow... 3/10/10
10:19 AM |
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| - Jonathan Pryor from Bakersfield said... |
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We hung laundry out on the line Sunday and Tuesday. Daffodils poking up around the maple tree.
A Miller Moth in the sap bucket. 3/10/10
10:02 AM |
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| - Celia from Saxtons River said... |
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Pussy willows showing their gray fur in Saxtons River ~
3/10/10
3:23 AM |
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| - Suzanne from Johnson said... |
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| Kids playing hackysack outside at Laraway School in Johnson! 3/9/10
5:37 PM |
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| - Vanessa Bittermann from Sunapee, NH said... |
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| Fuzzy magnolia buds in downtown Woodstock, VT! 3/9/10
3:23 PM |
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| - Jeanice Garfield from Springfield said... |
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A moth flying around the lights in evening at polls.
Turkey vultures and bald eagles are back!!! 3/9/10
3:15 PM |
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| - heidi from salisbury said... |
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| Flock of redwinged blackbirds and grackles at the bird feeder this morning, along with the chickens .... 3/9/10
2:19 PM |
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| - heidi said... |
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| Flock of redwinged blackbirds and grackles at the bird feeder this morning, along with the chickens 3/9/10
2:18 PM |
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| - Phelps Holloway from South Hero said... |
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| Canada Geese heading North up through Crescent Bay, South Hero, whilst the Outer Mallett's Bay and the Inland Sea are still locked up in ice. 3/9/10
2:09 PM |
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| - Pat Swartz from St Johnsbury said... |
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| Snowdrops in bloom in St Johnsbury and daffodils poking up 1-2ins tall 3/9/10
2:08 PM |
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| - Linda Elbow from West Glover said... |
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Signs of Spring in West Glover:
Dead skunk in the middle of the road.
Raccoons scurrying around on the metal roof of my woodshed 2 am today. 3/9/10
1:36 PM |
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| - Joanne Esau from Ludlow, VT said... |
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| Spring cleaning the laptop...moving the VPR School Closings off of the tool bar and into a folder. 3/9/10
12:38 PM |
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| - Markey from Williston said... |
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when seeming patches of fog along the road turn out to be sweet maple vapors from the multitude of sugar houses busily boiling down the sap.
3/9/10
11:48 AM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| Saw a flock of Snow Geese heading North Monday in Colchester! 3/9/10
11:45 AM |
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| - Karen Kevra from Montpelier said... |
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| In my yard in Montpelier, right outside my still snow-covered vegetable garden, A GROUNDHOG!!!! (Ugh!) 3/9/10
11:42 AM |
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| - Gretchen Horton Kuebler from Brattleboro said... |
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| signs of spring? a top-down convertible on Rte 12 in Cornish, NH yesterday! 3/9/10
11:10 AM |
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| - Lisa from Barnet said... |
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| a charcoal grill sits defiantly in the middle of an exposed lawn in Barnet, VT 3/9/10
11:10 AM |
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| - Anne Donaghy from Meriden said... |
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| Singing purple finches in Meriden NH! 3/9/10
10:09 AM |
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| - Bruce Herforth from Weston, VT said... |
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| ...a young woman wearing flip flop sandals in a Mexican restaurant in Littleton, NH. 3/9/10
6:27 AM |
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| - Virginia Macey-Schuette from N. Middlesex said... |
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| I saw someone riding his motorcycle in Waterbury Center this evening on my way home from work. 3/9/10
2:15 AM |
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| - Nancy Gilman from Killington said... |
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| The pussy willows are out on River Road in Killington, Vt., three white moths flew stealthily in front of my headlights driving home from work in the gloaming and I don't mind the mud on the road -- at least, not yet! 3/9/10
12:42 AM |
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| - aurora from barton said... |
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| Brilliantly sunny but so windy days and cool nights.. 3/8/10
11:41 PM |
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| - Bill from East Montpelier said... |
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| Harvesting spinach and lettuce in the unheated greenhouse. 3/8/10
11:14 PM |
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| - Todd from Fairlee said... |
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| A sprinkler watering a lawn in Fairlee (seriously -- I didn't believe it myself) and snow drops in my backyard. 3/8/10
11:05 PM |
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| - tim from hinesburg said... |
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| I noticed several mating pairs of Harley-Davidsons out on the roads this weekend. 3/8/10
10:42 PM |
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| - JeanB from St.Albans said... |
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| Turkey Vulture over interstate in Colchester! 3/8/10
10:06 PM |
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| - anonymous from Johnson said... |
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| Motorcycle on I89 yesterday, flock of geese seen over St. Albans today, kids with skateboards, people on bicycles. 3/8/10
9:17 PM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| ...red winged blackbirds in Guilford! 3/8/10
7:34 PM |
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You can post pictures on our Flickr page - sounds like the pot hole picture would be great! - posted by Mark Breen
3/4/09 7:34 PM |
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| - Lenore Budd from Hinesburg said... |
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| Hooded mergansers displaying on Lewis Creek in Charlotte on 3/6/10 3/8/10
7:22 PM |
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| - anonymous from Hanover said... |
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| Dartmouth Coeds are crowding the tanning booths in anticipation of spring break. 3/8/10
5:17 PM |
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| - Jennifer from Springfield, VT said... |
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| Have to start double bagging the garbage again and if you miss a week of going to the dump it's more of a problem! 3/8/10
4:28 PM |
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| - Kris from Addison said... |
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| I have seen several chevrons of geese flying north up the champlain valley. 3/8/10
3:49 PM |
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| - Terry Hoffer from Danville said... |
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| Yesterday was so beautiful that I went to my vegetable garden and shoveled 8 inches of snow off the row of parsnips wintering in the frozen ground. By late afternoon, the sun had warmed the dark soil, and if the sun and temperature cooperate I expect to be eating parsnips by the end of the week. 3/8/10
3:33 PM |
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| - Rob from East Hardwick said... |
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Red Wing Blackbirds arrived in East Hardwick on the morning of March 8.
Also Chickadees and Gold Finches much more vocal. 3/8/10
3:31 PM |
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| - Connie Snyder from East Thetford said... |
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| In Thetford this weekend - motorcyclists, roads posted, evening call of the mourning dove. 3/8/10
3:13 PM |
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| - Bill from Lyme, NH said... |
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| A sound of spring- motorcycles driving by my office window, and the growing frustration knowing I can't get mine out until the mud on our dirt road dries out! 3/8/10
2:27 PM |
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| - Pat from Thetford said... |
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| Might be time for signs of spring... Robins in Thetford VT on 3/1 3/8/10
2:15 PM |
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| - Dave from Manchester, VT said... |
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| Pair of bluebirds spotted in Manchester, VT this morning 3/2. Also tapped my sugarbush this morning in Dorset with a 1" snowbase in my sugarbush (thinnest since '05-'06) with a morning temp of 31F and under mostly sunny skies. Looking forward to a short mud season for me...hopefully :) 3/8/10
2:15 PM |
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| - John from Huntington said... |
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| The chickadees and cardinals are singing their spring songs furiously this morning! They're loving the long days! 3/8/10
1:20 PM |
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| - Chip from Plainfield said... |
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| A man standing in a snowy field practicing his fly casting! 3/8/10
1:19 PM |
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| - Richard from Danville said... |
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| Heard & saw a large flock of Canada geese flying north yesterday in the PM. I live in Danville. 3/8/10
1:18 PM |
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| - Meg from Hubbardton said... |
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| Smelled a skunk driving Rte 30 through the Cornwall Swamp last night. 3/8/10
1:17 PM |
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| - Pam from North Pomfret said... |
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| A flock of robins outside my back door, February 20th, 3/8/10
1:13 PM |
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| - David Jareckie from Bennington, VT said... |
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| Red-winged blackbirds have arrived in Bennington. 3/8/10
1:08 PM |
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| - Kit Hood from Sharon said... |
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| A pair of ravens carring nesting material this morning in Sharon, VT 3/8/10
1:05 PM |
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| - Art Woolf from Westford said... |
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1. No fire in our wood stove last night (3/7/10) for the first time since early December.
2. A moth flying around the porch light last night. 3/8/10
11:32 AM |
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| - Mary Zabriskie from Putney said... |
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| geese flying north over Putney and snowdrops up 3/8/10
11:04 AM |
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| - Chris Chase from Jericho said... |
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- Snow blower for sale on Rt15 in Jericho
- Corvette on the road in Williston
- "No vehicle having a weight . . ." signs posted on dirt roads in Jericho.
3/8/10
10:22 AM |
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| - Janet Dana from Braintree said... |
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| I saw two skeins of geese flying north this morning and on Friday we saw a robin. 3/7/10
2:53 PM |
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| - anonymous from St Albans said... |
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| Aromatic skunk in northern St. Albans...... 3/7/10
3:28 AM |
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| - Anna from Burlington said... |
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| Lots of walkers, bikers and even roller skaters on Burlington's Bike Path this weekend. I also saw two motorcyclists. 3/6/10
7:33 PM |
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| - Ellen from Littleton said... |
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| Crocuses blooming in the neighbors yard... 3/6/10
5:17 PM |
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| - Alan from Essex, VT said... |
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| Our cat, who remains a self-imposed housecat during the winter, deigned to venture outdoors for the first time since snow hit the ground in Essex. Coupled with roadkill--a skunk in Essex and a groudhog in Richmond--pretty clearly show me that spring is nigh. 3/6/10
2:43 PM |
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| - anonymous from Bennington said... |
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| Skunks! 3/4/10
3:51 PM |
