Every year it happens. The waxing sunlight seems to awaken everything from hibernation. The snowpack and soil thaws, melts and runs off to form rivulets, brooks, streams, rivers and eventually into the lake. Over-wintered birds become excited, foraging food and nesting for the mating season. Deer venture out of the deer yards to browse on tender young shoots. Small mammals venture out of their tree-homes to smell the air, very different than a month ago. Flowers sprout up as is to proclaim “SPRING!” to the world.

Indian Brook, flowing in Essex, Vermont

A female Cardinal sitting in the sun.

White Tailed Deer browsing in Colchester, Vermont.

A forest home for a bunny or raccoon family.

Spring flowers growing on the forest floor in Ferrisburg, Vermont.

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