4/28/08 – Yesterday, Cindy heard a loon calling for the first time this year. On my run I saw a flicker, sharp-shinned hawk, a red wing blackbird, and a fox sparrow. The recent storm seems to have blown in the migrating birds. – Bill

Just to show that Lee doesn’t do all the work, I took my turn on the auger today. Although 13″ thick, the ice isn’t completely reliable anymore. Notice my wet left leg.

Today’s measurement. We didn’t get above freezing yesterday….

It doesn’t look promising for this weekend, but we’re still hoping that it will be gone before the opening of fishing on May 10th.