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Originally Posted by Tom Flanigan
Michael....are you hearing any spring drumming yet? I hope this is going to be a good nesting season without a lot of rain. I'm retiring in June so I plan to be in my coverts a lot more this fall. I'm starting to get excited already.
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We're running about three weeks behind compared to last spring in NH. I just recorded spring peepers and tree frog choruses for the first time last Thursday (26th). I was hearing them as early as April 7th last year. No sign of grouse drumming yet, but the population is a little "thin" in my immediate area. Still plenty of snow hanging around in higher elevations.
I'll be making my annual spring fly fishing trek to northern NH, upper Connecticut river, in a few weeks. Will run the setters in a few covers up there to see what's around for birds. We've had a lot of rain in the past week. The water table is quite high and it's pretty soggy around here. Supposed to warm up significantly this week and I expect it to dry out quickly and start hearing spring drumming most any day.