Saw my first (in Sharon, VT) red winged blackbird of the season,  
singing high in a willow over the White River near the I-89 bridge.   
The river opened up sometime in the past two days, too!  So despite  
the 18" of granular snow pack in my yard, spring appears to be here.

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