Phenology

Rain, snow, sleet in the air. The culvert at the base of the driveway is now open! It has been frozen for about two and a half months. A little bit more than 2 feet of snow on the ground. Spotted medium-sized "cat tracks" in the woods a couple of days ago. It is most likely a lynx but could be a bobcat or even a hybrid of the two. The elusive Canada Lynx is listed as a threatened species. It's population is almost entirely dependant on it's main food source, the snowshoe hare, which are abundant right now on the North Shore.