We have had a stretch of warm dry days that have increased the wildfire danger and brought out the black flies. The flies are about ten days ahead of schedule. In fact I always look for the spring warble migration when the flies first com out but the warblers are a little behind the flies this year. The phoebes are back though and we can’t leave the garage door open without them spending the day checking out the rafters for nest sites.
I served as a member of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife waterfowl working group. This group is formed of folks interested in the future of Maine ’s waterfowl populations. There were about fifteen of us and as you might imagine the room was filled with a range of opinions. Everyone was there with the best interest of Maine’s ducks and geese and the future but each person brought a different focus or location to the table which made the discussions lively and interesting. I was not jealous of the facilitator who had to try and keep us on topic and productive.
The lawn is green again the crocuses have almost gone by and the row of daffodils along the stone wall is in full bloom. The grouse are drumming in the woodlot every afternoon and the woodcock are twittering up into the sky every evening. There can be no doubt that spring is here for a fact. Although the weather is in one of those drizzly cold stretches that we have in the spring. I have put almost as much wood into the stove as on a winter day.
