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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Kevin sp1(1).jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;" />As we welcome back spring for another year, it has been exciting to be up in Northern Michigan at the Au Sable Institute.&nbsp; Having the opportunity to be a part of the spring internship has been fun in more ways than one.&nbsp; Not only do we get to spend the days teaching with the school groups that come in, we also get to watch as the forests come alive again.&nbsp; The ground starts to burst with color as the Trout Lily, Trillium, Dutchman&#39;s Breeches and Violets among many other wildflowers start to awaken from their long winter slumber.&nbsp; The trees start to sing again as thousands of migratory birds make their way North to announce the start of another spring, each new songbird like opening a gift on Christmas morning to the observer.&nbsp; <img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Kevin sp2.jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;" />The myriads of Spring Peepers fill the night air with their persistent calls, relentlessly broadcasting their presence on Louie&#39;s Pond.&nbsp; These are only a few examples of the many ways spring is telling us it has arrived again for another year, and also what makes this my favorite season.&nbsp; So get outside, take a walk and witness the wonder of new life that is spring happening right before our eyes.</p>
