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The magical rise and soul-crushing fall of Groundhog Day in small-town N.J. Published: Jan. 31, 2025, 6:18 a.m. Lord of the realm. Milltown Mel presiding over Groundhog Day 2017.

The legend behind Punxsutawney Phil 02:33. The spotlight is on Gobbler's Knob in western Pennsylvania on Sunday, where handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil will announce whether he saw ...

The groundhog is a member of the squirrel family and related to chipmunks and prairie dogs. It’s also known as a woodchuck, a whistle pig — or in the parlance of Pennsylvania Dutch, a language with ...

Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog weather watcher, was pulled from his warm burrow this morning and saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter.. Each February 2, on Groundhog Day ...

Groundhogs are vegetarian and as such, ... Ever-bearing strawberry is another variety which fruits May to June, a few during summer and again in the fall.

In late summer and early fall, groundhogs start chowing down even more vigorously to prepare themselves for hibernation, when a groundhog will lose up to 30 percent of its body weight.

Groundhogs fatten themselves up in the fall before they lay down for a long winter’s sleep. In February, the males come out of their burrows to look for a mate prior to going back again to ...

Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight on Punxsutawney Phil every Feb. 2, ... the summer solstice and the fall equinox.

Only groundhogs who have been predicting the weather for at least 20 years were included in the study, and each had to still be active as of Feb. 2, 2024.