All the snow is gone and warmer temperature have started a new era in the woods. Plant and animal life is making its was back to centennial woods after the long winter. Walking through centennial woods the other day I heard a variety of bird calls like chickadee, blue day and mourning dove. The sound from the steam is intense, moving lots of water into the watershed. The warmer temperatures and water flowing into the ground creates a perfect climate for buds to make their way out of the soil and for life to flow through the trees once again. When I was in centennial woods, I could see the tops of fiddle heads which will soon grow into a lush understory. Mushrooms had cultivated in the cold moist soil, decomposing the dead wood that was packed down by snow all winter. Vermont is a little behind on the transition into spring, thus no leaves of flowers have peaked their way out.