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assumed their spring aspect; ants, spiders and frogs became 

 active on some of the warm days; a few woodchucks and 

 chipmunks had left their winter retreats, skunks were out, and 

 a small snake was reported on Cape Cod. During this time 

 Bluebirds straggled over southern New England to middle New 

 Hampshire and Maine. Song Sparrows increased in number; 

 Tree Sparrows and Juncos began to move northward. Prairie 

 Horned Larks began their flight songs at unprecedentedly early 

 dates. Waterfowl were seen working eastward in their spring 

 migration. Robins, Bluebirds, Song Sparrows, Meadow Larks 

 and Purple Finches were reported in full song. 



Tree Sivallows Wintering on Long Island. — A few Tree Swal- 

 lows still remained on Long Island, New York, up to the 20th. 

 A few Orange-crowned Warblers, a Pine Warbler and a Yellow 

 Palm Warbler were reported in southeastern Massachusetts. 

 The storm which began on the 20th was followed by zero 

 temperatures, and winter settled down upon the earth. The 

 storm and its following chill extended as far south at least as 

 Georgia, and held up migration all along the coast. It was 

 followed about a week later by northeast rainstorms, which 

 swept the earth clear of snow. On the 19th Canada Geese had 

 reached Kingsville, Ontario, and by the 23d Brants began to 

 migrate eastward along the Atlantic coast of Long Island. 



March, 1921. 



This month brought a variety of weather and a wide range 

 of thermometer readings, from winter cold to summer heat. 

 There were cold snowstorms and warm rains with thunder and 

 lightning, but there were only two short periods of cold, and 

 the thermometer never neared the zero mark. It seems to have 

 been about the mildest March on record. Temperatures from 

 82 to 90 degrees were reported from various parts of the Middle 

 States, also sudden drops of 30 to 40 degrees in as many 

 minutes. About the 12th many insects were reported in flight; 

 hylas, wood frogs and toads began to make music locally and 

 by the 20th were quite vocal in the three southern New Eng- 

 land States. Chipmunks, woodchucks, turtles and water snakes 

 appeared, and many varieties of plants were reported in bloom. 



Ice goes out Early. — The ice went out of New England rivers 



