"The fishes are going up the brooks as they open."
March 21—The garden chickweed in bloom.
The ground-squirrel's first chirrup heard, a sure sign, according to some old worthies, of decided spring weather.
The hyla, or tree-frog, begins to peep.
"The woods are comparatively silent. Not yet the woodland birds, except (perhaps the woodpecker, so far as it migrates) only the orchard and river birds have arrived."
March 23—The white maple in bloom and the aspen nearly so; the alders are generally in full bloom. "The crimson-starred flowers of the hazel begin to peep out."
March 24—Shore-larks seen.
March 28—Buff-edged butterflies seen.
March 31—The small red butterfly seen.
April 5—Swallows appear, pewee heard, and snipe seen.