Trail Talk: Jeepers creepers, I can hear spring peepers

Trail Talk: Jeepers creepers, I can hear spring peepers

The warm sunny morning of April 14 brought out some more spring flowers. I saw several sharp-lobed hepatica in full bloom, some bloodroot close to full bloom, periwinkle in bloom, blue cohosh and trout lilies coming up, and most of our daffodils and violets were fully out. In the evening, the spring peepers were in full voice at many ponds in the Hullett Sugar Bush. The next evening, the temperature dropped to 4 C and the peepers were quiet, but…