The warm weather over the weekend has finally melted a good portion of snow. What a wonderful sight to look out and see half of my yard again. I even noticed daffodils peeping up through the leaves. Spring is almost upon us now. If you think I sound like I have cabin fever, you can understand how the wild animals feel. Food will be plentiful again and they won’t have to live in survival mode to stave off the cold. It is time to start thinking about having a family. It will be a little later baby season because of the extremely cold January we had, but all that is in the past and they are ready to go. Bears will be coming out of hibernation soon, so you might want to think about removing your bird feeders until they go to sleep in the fall. They always head for those sunflower seeds. The other thing you might want to try is to take the bird feeders down at night. That will work if you have a bear that only visits at night. Bears love skunk cabbage even more than sunflower seeds as odd as that sounds so they will head toward the bogs to enjoy a smelly meal. Enjoy the sunshine and the patter of those little feet!
