I live a mile from the Wallkill River and saw my first 2011 Little Black Stoneflies today. Also today, the spring peepers have started singing their chorus in the swamp behind my house. I'm officially done with winter and just ran the gas out of my snowblower!

On the down side, the redwing blackbirds didn't return this year which leads me to believe they were among the 5,000 killed in Alabama.