Vernal Equinox

The vernal equinox is Mother Nature’s way of keeping time, balancing the forces of cold and dark with warmth and light.

Weekly Notes, March 24, 2013

Turkey Vultures and American Woodcock are on the move north despite winter leaving the State of Maine with a fresh coat of snow, last Sunday’s sky show was spectacular and a view of the earth from space in this week Maine Nature News.

Weekly Notes March 17, 2013

Learn what the vernal equinox and magnetic declination have in common. Loons are waiting for ice-out, woodcocks are arriving and maple syrup is boiling while bear cubs are placed in surrogate dens. It is a time to reflect on this and more in this week’s Maine Nature Notes.