Snow, Snow, and more Snow! And a walk down Starbird Corner Rd.

I think that I am officially tired of snow! (Shhh...did I just say that???) We have had quite a bit of snow lately, followed by thawing, followed by more snow. We cannot go into the forest at this time as there are a lot of icy patches under the snow that we cannot detect.  At present, we have had 80 inches of gorgeous, frozen, white stuff for this winter season. I think we have a bit more to go.

Even though it was a bit of an icy start to the day, we got out for a walk on Starbird Corner. The temperature rose to 32.8F for the high, and it was cloudy and spitting snow on and off all day. Beech trees have lots of buds ready to burst when springtime gets into full swing.

The scene was so pretty today as this last storm gave us some very wet and heavy snow.

Tree limbs were over burdened and were touching the ground in many places.

I rather like this same view but in portrait mode.

Lastly, fresh snow brings fresh animal tracks. I think these are from a squirrel who was crossing the road this morning.

2026 Maine Big Night # 1

 Maine Big Night # 1. The daytime temperature rose to 50F and we had rain that started Monday morning and rained all day long. We had a break in the rain and Paul went out to check on amphibian movement.

LH1Bowd (This year's participants are me, Paul, and Caroline. Kathy will join us periodically.) Actually, as of the writing of this entry, we aren't sure who has adopted the Lewis Hill Rd. site and we are trying to find out. We may not be allowed to survey there as whoever adopted it did so as a closed site with no additional participants. Curious...

May 16, 2026.  Start time 7:20pm.  End time 8:20pm

Certified Volunteers - 1 (Paul)

Uncertified Volunteers - 0

Starting Temp: 50F.   Ending Temp.:  49.5F

Precipitation: Very light drizzle

The road is wet.

Traffic Tally:  6 vehicles

Species Live:  2 Spring Peepers

Species Dead:  0

Species Injured: 0

NOTES: Paul saw eyes glowing on the downstream side of the road. The animal crossed in front of Paul and slipped into the pond. It was too small to be an otter and Paul surmised that it must have been a mink.