Spring

The spring peeper is a little frog with some amazing abilities

The spring peeper is a little frog with some amazing abilities

"What the robin is to lawn and meadow, the peeper is to the wooded swamp. The first robin usually appears on a bright, though still chilly day, hopping over a bit of dry yellow grass revealed by the retreating snow. The peeper comes to us as a distant chorus on the first evening a light coat or sweatshirt will suffice, or all of a sudden when, on a night warm enough to crack a car window, we pass a bit of low ground flooded by the spring rains and snowmelt. They’re more often heard than seen. Approach them, and the song cuts off well before you can get near. Peepers are skittish. You would be too if you were very small and made a sound that could be heard a mile away. Nevertheless, they have some remarkable abilities."

Six Weeks Until Moose River Plains Opens (?)

I was looking at the calendar and noticing that we are now seven weeks out to Memorial Day Weekend.Β πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈΒ That means it won’t be that long before I’ll be reading up on the NYS DEC Trail Conditions report to see when roads are open at the end of spring mud season, which usually happens around Memorial Day Weekend.β›Ί Looking forward to some nice summer evening in the wilderness.

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Why forecasters are concerned about this storm

Upstate NY flooding: Why forecasters are concerned about this storm

"Much of Upstate New York has had 6 inches more rain than normal April through June. Considering 3 inches a month is about normal, it's as if those areas in green had two extra months worth of rain by June 30. And that doesn't count the heavy rain that has fallen this month. A soft, soaking rain on dry ground is one thing; torrential rains on already wet ground is a recipe for flash flooding. The red oval denotes the wettest area of Upstate New York, in Central New York and the Mohawk Valley. Those areas could get hit again today and Thursday."