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Index of Subjects > Re: [NatureNS] Signs of spring Here in the St.Peter's area, the first spring birds just arrived yesterday, with the grackles a couple of days later than in Port Hawkesbury, also song sparrows and juncos are suddenly in abundance. I guess they weren't anticipating the storm we're getting today! Billy I took the dogs and one of my sons into > Little River Falls today. Though the snow is deep in the woods, it's well > settled down and makes for easy walking, except for the occasional air > pocket in and around deadfalls and low brush. Every once in a while I > suddenly found myself in grainy snow up over my knees. > > As well as CHICKADEES and both a HAIRY WOODPECKER and a PILEATED > WOODPECKER, we had an excellent look at a fast-moving SNOWSHOE HARE which > crossed our path when were were moving through an evergreen thicket. This > is the first time my son had seen one while walking in the woods, although > he's learned to spot their tracks pretty well. This hare seemed to be > changing colour already, as there was quite a brownish tint coming through > its white coat. They always look like they're flying to me, almost as if > in arrested motion while in the air and all torqued spring when they touch > down and propel themselves onward. > > The other sure sign of spring was my son and I, comfortable and warm in > the snowy woods in our shirtsleeves. > > And I notice that the ice I walked so boldly out upon at White Rock last > weekend with my canoe is now much reduced, overrun with water, and no > temptation to me at all. > > Andrew Steeves > Wolfville, NS
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