The last few days have finally started to feel like spring. I was out early the other morning and the birds were chirping, there were deer in the field behind the little barn, a wood duck had been tempted by the calls of the mallard hens in the pen and the turkeys were answering the calls of the pheasant roosters.. okay they were a little confused by actually the pheasant make great locator calls. 
    As I have driven around from Waterville to Skowhegan the last few days I can't help but notice that we have far more snow in the fields here. This, of course, is because we have a sporting clays shoot here in two weeks and need to have the fields as dried up as possible. When the snow in the field behind the lodge starts to melt, we have a small raging river that runs thru my fields and winds it's way down to the bog. This make for some very interesting walks especially over the ledges but I'm glad it's only certain times of the year. 
    When I went out this morning there was a pair of mallards lounging in the front pond and a pair of geese over head that seemed to be on a mission.....signs of life that spring has definetely sprung.