Snow on the lawn and wasps in the air ... on the same day. -Susie Crowther
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Calls of the Cardinals and Chickadees searching for a mate. Of course, the chorus of the tree frog concerts. No mistaking these sure sounds of spring. -Cathy Bergmann
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The first sign is smelling skunks. -Laura Austan
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It hits 64 in the shade. -Allison Teague
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The sound of motorcycles coming down the valley by our house. -Keith Hermiz
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Roadkill everywhere. -Jesse Baker
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When the weeping willows get that greenish gold color. -Beverly Langeveld
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A cacophony of winged creatures having the time of their lives. -Rebecca Davis
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Amphibianpalooza! -Christopher Campany
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Cleaning two inches of over wintered chicken poop out of the coop. Also: hands in the earth, planting peas. -Allyson Wendt
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Having both doors open on my house while I clean out all the soot from winter. Hearing the birds, and the streams. -Carolyn Braunius
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A doe in the front yard with what my wife Ruth called a “Bambi bump.” -Dave King
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The ice on my north-facing driveway and porch finally starts to melt. -Chris Connelly
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Peepers. -Paula Melton
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The overwhelming urge to get out the rake. -Andrea Lynes
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In this order: crocuses, peeper frogs, and when the [Brattleboro] public works department opens the fire hydrants one by one all over town. -Wendy M. Levy
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Outside painting and heard peepers. Both things are a sign of spring! -Deb Lazar
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Walking the dog without my coat on! -Nancy Gauthier
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Not being able to walk through the driveway without getting covered in mud! -Samantha Shafer
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Outside raking and smelling the earth waking up, perennials popping up, peepers and tree frogs starting to sing... love it! -Sandy Sherman
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Motorcycles are out! -David Bushika
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When olive drab and monochromatic brown-clad kids arrive on the train and make themselves at home on the sidewalk, barefoot, with their pit bulls on a rope, banjos on their knees, and dad's Saab parked safely in the garage in Connecticut. -Chris Mattson
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Buds waking up. -Carol Putnam
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People are out driving their antique/classic cars. (Yup, I live in New Hampshire!) -Caroline Liebenow
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When the snow melts enough so that you can see the metallic blue glint of the Bud Light cans along the side of the road. -Jane Dunning
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Someone explained to me how Vermonters determine when it's time to plant outside by using the “butt” method. If you can put your bare bottom on the ground and don't say, “S-, that's cold!,” it's OK to plant. -Lisa Mitchell
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When you find yourself measuring the slowly shrinking pile of snow in your yard, and start feeling unseasonably happy. -Monica MacNeille
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Fresh maple syrup on the table! -Charlene Wakefield
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The perennial catnip is up in the garden. Lila (the cat) ran right out and sat on it. Then she growled at me when I went up to pet her. Spring has definitely sprung. -Jo Schneiderman
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Allergies to trees! -Mary Worden Underwood
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Peepers! -Jean Conway
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Song sparrows, robins, and peepers...and inside my house is colder than it is outside. -Kevin O'Keefe
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Sleeping with my window open: the light is different, and the sounds and the smells all slowly announce spring's arrival. -Billie J. Slade
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When I still lived back in Massachusetts, there were two signs of spring for me: hearing the spring peepers for the first time, and the return of the starlings that would nest in the defunct dryer vent in between the first- and second-floor bathrooms. -Neringa M. Perminas Atkinson
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We know it's spring around here when the cat starts trying to scoot out the door when we go out. -Eileen Parks
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Motorcycles, peepers, blooming tiny flowers, Top of the Hill Grill is open and snow melts so more parking. Oh yeah, house is freezing and it's 60 out. -David Evans
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Chickens going “broody,” egg production high, goose on her nest, skunks in the barn looking for chicken eggs, winter lambs greeted by a few spring lambs at the last minute at our farm, spring peepers in vernal pools, crocus and witch hazel in bloom, soil bare for planting peas, rhubarb emerging, chives in the garden tall enough for snipping some for a garnish, honey bee in the orchard, apple trees in “silver tip,” Viceroy butterfly, and Walker Farm stand is open. -Diana Lischer-Goodband
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Last night, I discovered that there are about a hundred bullfrogs in the tiny pond at my (new this past fall) house. And I discovered that bullfrogs sound like nothing in the world so much as tiny, softball-sized geese.-Haley Elisha