New Years week I had heard crow mobbing activity in the forest behind my house.  On Sat, Jan 5 the object of their attention revealed itself... a GREAT HORNED OWL.  During the VT Breeding Bird Atlas the past 5 yrs, the GHOW was noticibly absent in southern VT.  Although historically I have confirmed nesting GHOW in my neighborhood, I have not documented any in recent years.  I would hope this was a resident bird, but perhaps a 'migrant' from northern VT/Canada???   
 
On Wed I relocated 2 wooly bears crossing a road.  My friendly, observant UPS man reported seeing a FROG crossing the road.  Tell me there is no such thing as climate change!!
 
Noticibly little activity at my feeders except the opportunistic squirrels (3-4), and rabbit.  
 
Ruth Stewart
E. Dorset
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