Signs of Spring

Today was so beautiful, despite the 43 degree temperature and the wind. The sun was shining and there weren't any clouds in the sky. The class walked down from the school to the baseball field to look for our first spot to look for signs of spring. There weren't many, but there were still some signs. I noticed that the grass is getting greener and the temperature is slightly changing. I also noticed that a lot more birds are out singing and chirping. I saw a few tree branches with flower and/or leaf buds. Several trees in the woods began growing leaves again. By the lake, I saw cattails bursting with their white, fluffy seeds. On the trees, I looked at the several types of flower buds on the trees in the woods; some of the buds on the trees had already bloomed into flowers. I spotted Alder Catkins that dangled from the trees, which contained pollen. Moving along past the lake, there weren't many signs of spring, other than the birds chirping and trees with flower/leaf buds. A few yards past the lake I spotted very many buds on a tall tree, more buds than all the trees that I saw in the woods it seemed like.