FEBRUARY is the shortest month and the second coldest. Winter is still with us, but the days are getting longer.
Before the young leaves come, it is a good time to look at the bark of trees. Don’t peel bark from a living tree; you can peel it from a dead one.
Because the bark of the birch tree peels off easily and is strong and light, Native Americans used it to cover their canoes.
Here is another interesting thing about birch bark: you can use a piece of it to make a fire even in wet weather.
Many of the birds that you can see during the winter gather in flocks in February.
Crows, which are especially noisy at this time, fly across the fields in groups of two or three.
Starlings fly in flocks of hundreds. These birds can imitate the songs of other birds and even the sound of a cat’s mewing. There was a time when people liked to teach starlings to talk.
As soon as the ice begins to melt, ducks come back to the ponds and lakes.
