Spring is the time of the year when flowers start to bloom and leaves start to grow again on trees. To me, spring is an awakening call for all wild animals and plants.
For starters, spring is commonly known as the first season of the year. To those who have no idea when spring is, it is the season after winter and before summer. In the northern hemisphere, spring start in March and ends in June; whereas, in the Southen hemisphere, spring starts in September and ends in December.
Signs of Spring
As winter slowly comes to an end, we can hear birds starting to sing again welcoming the arrival of spring. Slowly, frogs can be since returning into lakes and ponds as they come out of hibernation. Butterflies can be seen flying around as flowers bloom again. On rivers, lakes and ponds, mother ducks can be since swimming with a tail of ducklings. Some animals such as squirrels become more active.
Spring Animals
During spring many animals can be seen, and most of them are extremely cute, so cute that it makes people want to squeeze it and bite it (a.k.a. cute aggression). Here are some cute animals that are born during spring.
1. Chipmunk
Chipmunks breeding happens twice a year. Once during spring and once during the summer. When they give birth, it is usual 4-5 babies at a time.
2. Fox
Young foxes are known as “kits” and they are born between March and May.
3. Otter
Otters usually give birth in late spring and early summer. Baby otters are normally very small when they are born.
4. Swan
Swans normally lay their eggs anytime from May through to July and they lay around 3-10 eggs at a time.
5. White-Tailed Deer
White-tailed deer give birth generally in May or June. As they grow older, they lose their spots.
Spring Equinox
Every year on a day around March 21st, an interesting natural phenomenon will occur, and it is known as the March equinox. It is generally known as the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere. On this day the axis of the earth is pointed parallel to the sun. Which also means that the length of the day is roughly the same as the length of the night on this day.
To some people, spring is their favourite season of all because during spring the temperature is ideal, not too hot, not too cold. In addition, spring is also the ideal season to go on a vacation alongside autumn. So why not gather up some friends for a road trip.
Spring is a beautiful season and I personally love spring mostly due it’s temperature. After all that has been said, enjoy every day regardless of the season you’re in.
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Leon's Blog 
Great work, Leon! Well-researched! However, you should include an in-text citation after the parts that you paraphrase. Rather than the list at the end, after each part that is quoted or paraphrased, you need to put it in parentheses.
See: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_in_text_citations_the_basics.html
In-text citations for print sources with no known author
When a source has no known author, use a shortened title of the work instead of an author name. Place the title in quotation marks if it’s a short work (such as an article) or italicize it if it’s a longer work (e.g. plays, books, television shows, entire Web sites) and provide a page number if it is available.
We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . .” (“Impact of Global Warming”).
In this example, since the reader does not know the author of the article, an abbreviated title of the article appears in the parenthetical citation which corresponds to the full name of the article which appears first at the left-hand margin of its respective entry in the Works Cited. Thus, the writer includes the title in quotation marks as the signal phrase in the parenthetical citation in order to lead the reader directly to the source on the Works Cited page. The Works Cited entry appears as follows:
“The Impact of Global Warming in North America.” Global Warming: Early Signs. 1999. http://www.climatehotmap.org/. Accessed 23 Mar. 2009.
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