It was 32/33 overnight but warmed quickly to 63.  Started partly sunny, but by late afternoon was overcast.    We headed out by 2:00 PM to collect the sap run from yesterday.  The spouts were still wet today, but it was not cold enough last night to get a sap run today.  We picked up 320 gallons of sap.  2.0 Brix.  We were hoping for sweater sap.  But still the biggest collection of this season so far.

 

This evening the wind switched to the North and the temperature dropped.   We might finally be getting that change in the weather pattern.  This week the forecast looks promising for sap runs.

 

The frost is starting to come out in the woods now.  The ground is soft and muddy.  But with little snow it won’t get too muddy.

 

No Robins yet.   Saw some Cardinals, but Robins have not returned yet.  With the warm weather and no snow cover we expected to see Robins sooner.