On Friday, two pine siskins sang from the guy wires on the radio tower at Moosehorn headquarters, the first of this species that I've noted all winter. An influx of purple finches visited our feeder yesterday, and a robin landed in a backyard shrub. This week, two snowstorms hit Penobscot Bay. Forecasters had billed the first one as the storm of the century, but it only dumped six to eight inches. The second one arrived Friday night with predictions of four to six inches, but Steve Harrell, owner of the Stonington Market on Deer Isle, measured snow depths that averaged 16 inches.
Birds still think spring is near.
Two romantic crows at my birdfeeders now have a third joining them - a triangle. Starlings in my backyard demonstrate their obnoxious behavior and dominate the suet feeder. Wendy from Deer Isle said blue jays and juncos arrived at her feeders. Maple sap began flowing from my backyard taps Sunday afternoon. This is a late start here, but we might have a decent year for maple syrup yet.