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Locke's Mills News, February 19, 2026

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Amy Wight Chapman
Feb 19, 2026
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Although I have yet to hear the chickadees singing their spring song, and I’m still looking for bright yellow feathers on the goldfinches, I did observe one sign of spring this week, while on a loop hike to Lapham and Buck’s Ledges on Monday: springtails. Also called snowfleas, they emerge and swarm on warm(ish) late winter days, and they were so thick …

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