It was 55 degrees today at noon; cloudy and damp with a little fog. This November has set records for being wet. November is normally our wettest month but was even more so this year. The water in the river has just fallen back into its banks after being at or near flood stage most of the month. I was at a meeting last evening with folks from the mountains in the western part of Maine and they told me that even the peaks did not have snow. Seemed pretty hard to believe so I checked the National Weather Service snow depth map and as of this morning there is no snow on the ground anywhere in Maine. This is unprecedented for us; maybe there is something to global warming.
I talked with a biologist this fall who agreed with me that many bird migration patterns are changing. We were discussing woodcock and the fact that they are leaving the state later. Some of you may remember that Mae the pointer and I found a good number of them last December. There are still a few in the woodlot behind the house. With the ground not frozen and plenty of moisture to keep the ground soft there is little reason for them to leave. They are not the only species that has changed their migration pattern but the one that I notice the most.
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