At my site, there were no flowers beginning to sprout at the ground level and none of the trees were blossoming either. However, the appearance of the buds did change from my last visit. All of the buds have adopted a green color and some of the smaller woody plants have even begun sprouting leaves! In addition to the change in buds, the path of the river has expanded since the last time I visited. During the fall and winter, the brook was confined to the area behind the central rock of my site and there was a small silty bank. Now, however, the brook has taken over the bank and the brook flows in front of the rock as well as behind. This change is likely due to the snow melt and increased precipitation that is characteristic of early spring. I was disappointed in the lack of flowers at my site, but the fungus growing on several logs partially made up for what color was absent from flowers. An abundant amount of orange shelf fungus was growing on downed trees. Additionally, though signs of vegetative life were constrained to the small leafy plants that were finally beginning to reappear from the blanket of leaf litter and snow, I did hear some signs of wildlife. The birds did leave the trees long enough to capture images, but I did identify the call of a chickadee and a crow.