Over 5 inches of rain since the last report, most of which fell in one 24-hour period last Sunday. More rain in the forecast for today and the rest of the week. This brings the season total to just over 30 inches -- quite a relief after almost a month without rain. Some of the early shrubs and trees are beginning to leaf out and buds are swelling on others. The first sighting of summer migrant Band-tailed Pigeons this week, which according to my past observations for Cornell Lab of Ornithology is about two months early. the flock made short work of the berries on the American Holly Tree in our gardens. They overwinter south of us and come north to breed--seems a sign of what everyone who lives here knows about our warming local climate. Shirt sleeve weather in January and February this year is not the historic norm. Not as many tourists around this week.