Woodchuck in the Spotlight

Punxsutawney Phil issued the following statement out of Gobbler's Knob:

El Nino has caused high winds, heavy snow, ice and freezing temperatures in the west.
Here in the East with much mild winter weather we have been blessed.

Global warming has caused a great debate.
This mild winter makes it seem just great.

On this Groundhog Day we think of one thing.
Will we have winter or will we have spring?

On Gobbler's Knob I see no shadow today.
I predict that early spring is on the way.

That is one eloquent rodent, and for an animal that has spent the last several months hibernating, he seems to be well versed on current events.

Here at Cobbler Knob (behind the apples and blackberries), no one expects to see Woodrow for another three or four months. As usual, he leaves the weather forecasting to those higher profile woodchucks. He likes the quiet life eating dropped apples.