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Seed starting is in full swing. This year it’s warm enough to make the mess outdoors on the picnic table, not in the kitchen as is usually the case.

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Most of the state is in some kind of drought: roughly half is abnormally dry and the other half is experiencing moderate drought. A big dose of April showers is needed.

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Sapsucker drumming can be an unwelcome early alarm clock. It’s the male, letting females know how good he will be at excavating a nest site. Females drum, too, but not as emphatically.

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Jefferson salamanders are the earliest vernal pool visitors, arriving even when there’s lots of ice.

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The hard-won snowless ground got a sprinkled coat of snow overnight. The juncos are easy to see now, but still too many to count.

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Tonight an opossum crossed the road from an abandoned house that may have kept it safe and dry through the winter.

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Warm rainy night but not warm enough for major amphibian travel – just four wood frogs got helped across the road.

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