The sounds, sights, smells of spring

The geese are so vocal down on the river it is unbelievable. Turkeys are starting to fan and are getting vocal now also. We still can have a lot of wintah left but we know it won't last long now.

Going to do a little beaver trapping in small cricks pretty soon. The river is wide open, and crick been running for a month or better now. Fishing will be starting for me real soon.

Looking good spring definitely came early in Wisconsin this year

Awesome pics!!

Nice pics. This is the earliest I have ever seen geese and mallards in the U P. I think they are in for a rude awakening next week.

spring is about a month early here in southern WI.
Robins were back in the end of Feb.
Sandhill Cranes are back too.
Haven't seen any vultures yet tho.
I have Crocus blooming for about 2 weeks already.
Daffodils are up and have flower buds ready to pop open, give them and other week or two and they will be going. Usually its Easter time frame.
Hepaticas are blooming in the woods, again, about 3-4 weeks earlier than normal.
I see lots of prairie plants starting to poke out of the ground in the areas that were burned last fall. There is a green tinge to the ground in these areas when looked at in a flat plane.
I did some prescribed burning in the woods earlier this week, usually around Easter is the earliest.
Our driveway was clear of all snow and ice in Feb, usually its late March.

Great Photos

Great shots. Geese were flatting the rat huts in a swamp i was checking traps on yesterday. Also heard my first peeper.

Yes, just about everything you mentioned I have noticed as well. The Golden eagles I have noticed haven't been working on their nests as early as some years. The Balds yesterday where doing the mating ritual with air acrobatics. Yep, things are actually getting a green ting and new growth has started when looking closely.

Like you said Vultures aren't back yet here either.

Pulled an early turkey tag for WI that should work out this year the way it’s going.

I show a week of below freezing highs starting in a few days. But at least the end is in sight. The geese started showing up good last week, which is about a week early.

HobbieTrapper, great videos!! Everything is wakening up for a new year. Love Spring!

Happiness is munure shooting out of a reel and flinging off a wagon…….

Yep!
Thawing manure from the long wintah you know what season it is.