Cloudy and cold with gusty winds and rain, then mostly cloudy and cold overnight with light winds and predawn flurries The high temperature was around forty eight degrees, and the low around twenty nine degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. More small flocks of Canadian Geese are present. Crocuses are blooming.  Daffodils are springing up. More flocks of small black birds, Red-winged Blackbirds, Grackles and song birds are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring flood levels. Some liquid manure is being spread.