A beautiful morning with the promise of lots of sunshine and warmer weather. The red shoulder hawk has returned right on schedule and all the regular winter birds are starting to sing and become much more active. So spring has finally arrived. Our parking lot and the path to the Shanty Men and Kettle Boys have been scraped so there is no problem visiting our operation.We expect the sap will start to run again later this morning as the trees have been recharged after the recent cold weather.