2nd six more weeks
3rd snow cover returns
12th porcupine returns
15th egg avalanche begins
23rd-26th big snowfall 20+ inches
28th-flock of bluebirds near bank
I've been collecting phenological notes for a few years now. It is interesting to go back over them and compare the results.
Here are the notes from February of 2009
6th- flocks of bluebirds
8th- 4 hens laying
9th- turkeys strut in the
morning
20th- woodpeckers drilling
24th- porcupine still in hemlock
25th- snow cover off the garden
28th- frogs wake up
And the notes for February of 2008
1st - ice storm
11th - observed 26 eagles
in one area, 10-20 feet above
the river
13th - ice storm
23rd - 8" snow
25th - cutting blackberry canes
26th - observed 29 eagles
along river towpath
1 comment:
This is so much fun!!!
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