Despite the fact that it was only six degrees above zero F. on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Phil the Groundhog DID NOT see his shadow and, therefore, predicted an early spring. A remarkable warming trend in the near-term forecast would seem to suggest that Phil's no fool, and to put an exclamation point on that prognostication, a dark shape flew right overhead when I went outside into relative warmth to fetch wood, and when the falcon-like bird landed in nearby trees, its shriek and the banding of its tail were the characteristic field marks of a Red-shouldered Hawk, a raptor than shouldn't be returning "home" for at least several more weeks. If the RSH is indeed here to stay, it would be record-early... and another reason for Phil to take bragging rights back to his burrow.