Mar. 23, '96 Today is the first day of spring according to weather. The class goes 8 in morning increasing to 9:30 noon. I holding about here till 28. There was no wind; a storm had passed just north and we are wise in its sphere of influence it being calmly still in the P.M. when it cleared up. First the robins made their first appearance, but as they have shown up every warm spell thru the winter they can hardly be called migrants. Next I heard a bluebird; they were seen once in Feb. and I thought I heard one 3 days ago, but there was one mistaking this fellow. At noon there were two here, and when I went to into the glass about 6 I saw 8. Observed what appeared to be a ground sparrow. Mr. furiously fly into tho woods he's gone on going to investigate I saw it was so; on my trip in tho P.M. I saw about 6. They were looking on