Groundhog Day can provide some great family fun and a silly break from the harsh winter. Here is what our local groundhog prognosticators (plus a chicken and a prairie dog) predicted.
Malverne Mel
  Photo: Brian Heyman
 Photo: Brian Heyman
 
Holtsville Hal
  Photo: Town of Brookhaven
 Photo: Town of Brookhaven
 
Holtsville Hal rang in Groundhog Day at the Holtsville Ecology Site and predicted six more weeks of winter. News 12 Long Island's Danielle Campbell was 
live in Holtsville with the report.
Allen McButterpants
  Photo: Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center
 Photo: Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center
 
Allen McButterpants did not see his shadow at the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays - meaning an early spring. The rescue also taught some fun facts about groundhogs and how the Groundhog Day tradition came about.
 Beardsley Bart
  Photo: Beardsley Zoo
 Photo: Beardsley Zoo
 
Staten Island Chuck
  Photo: Staten Island Zoo
 Photo: Staten Island Zoo
 
Staten Island Zoo revealed that Staten Island Chuck's predicted an early spring. Watch the ceremony 
HERE.
Lady Edwina of Essex
  Photo: 
Essex County Turtle Back Zoo
 Photo: 
Essex County Turtle Back Zoo
 
Connecticut Chuckles
  Photo: Lutz Children's Museum
 Photo: Lutz Children's Museum
 
Manchestor Mayor Jay Moran and Lutz Children's Museum executive director Patricia Buxton joined Chuckles XI, who predicted an early spring. 
Watch the ceremony here, including a song.
Cluxatawney Henrietta
  Photo: Westchester County Parks
 Photo: Westchester County Parks
 
    
      
      Click the video to watch Cluxatawney Henrietta's prediction!
    
"Sam Champion"
STAR Foundation groundhog "Sam Champion" saw his shadow at the Quogue Library and predicted six more weeks of winter. Click 
HERE for more.
Stonewall Jackson
  Photo: Space Farms
 Photo: Space Farms
 
Niblet
  Photo: Sweetbriar Nature Center
 Photo: Sweetbriar Nature Center
 
Niblets and Sweetbriar Nature Center hosted "Searching for Sweetbriar Sam - A Groundhog adventure." The event featured a craft, a scavenger hunt and animal interactions.
Did we miss your event? Click HERE to send us the information.