April 1

Today we went looking for signs of spring. We talked about how Calgarians have to be able to use nature to tell if spring is here because spring can arrive at very different times depending on the year. Sometimes spring arrives in March and sometimes it arrives in April or May, even though the calendar says spring starts on March 21.



On our hunt for signs of spring we found:

• Daffodils
• An active anthill
• Pussy willows
• Ladybugs
• A woodpecker
• Dandelions
• A cocoon
• New green grass
• Prairie crocuses
• Very dark shadows
• Siberian squill (that's a tiny blue flower)
• Buds on the trees and bushes
• Fluffy seed pods on the aspen trees
• Chickadees
• A male and female sparrow building a nest
• Wet sap
• Wasps
• A robin
• A bee
• Tulips
• Berries