During the week some robins were seen flying off into trees carrying worms.  Cranes and geese passed overhead mostly in the mornings and evenings, possibly between feeding and nesting areas.  Some chickadees were fighting in the yard.  Only a few turkeys were seen but they were likely near wooded areas away from roads and people.  Some hens might be nesting.  Deer were seen grazing often after dark, sometimes a few but other times easily over 10 together.  No fieldwork was done as the ground was too wet in places and too cold everywhere.  Quackgrass grew.  Many maple trees were flowering with a few trees dropping flowers. The really early poplar tree had catkins.  Very few others had catkins by the end of the week.  A few more daffodils were blooming but most crocuses finished during the week.  The mockorange in my yard had open leaf buds before the end of the week, this is unusually early.  I often prune the dead wood out near Mother's Day but could see enough leaf growth to prune it by the end of the week.  The creek returned into it's banks but the rivers were out of their banks a little as the water moved through the system.  Minnows and water striders were seen in some spots.  The marsh marigolds still had only leaves, no flowers by the end of the week.  There were likely wild leeks in many places in the wooded areas.  I am not sure that is what they are but that is my best guess.  There were other green plants scattered in the woods but most were too small for me to identify correctly.  Looking across the horizon there was a hint of color-some greenish and others reddish-showing in spots from the swollen buds. Tamarack and larch trees were showing a bit of green color as the needles were starting to grow.  Wildfire danger changed through the week being low early and elevated late in the week.  Many of these changes during the week were  early for this area at this time of year.