In spite of the current snow shower, I'm convinced warm weather is right around the corner. How do I know? I snapped this photo of spring's harbinger about an hour ago in Bayside.

And here's a whole group of them in a tree. According to my "National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England," robins shouldn't make an appearance here in Maine until March. But bird expert Derek Lovitch writes on Maine Outdoor Journal that seeing flocks of robins in winter is no big deal these days. (Thanks climate change!) Whatever the explanation, I'm taking these rosy robins as a sign that we Portlanders will enjoy an early spring.

A girl can dream, right?