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Hi All,
The robins arrived here today. I'm thinking they usually arrive in late December. Wonder what's up with that?
Love,
Tex
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Wondering what's up with that ,Tex????
The robins got the flock out of Ohio since the temps have been low 20's and below.
It's been snowing here on and off since last night.
North of us in the counties around Lake Erie they are definitely out with the snow plows and salt and snow shovels. Actually they were down my road this morning plowing and salting.
We had Black ice on the roads at about 4:30 today!!!!
Gotta love Ohio!!!!!
Love
Dee~~~~
The robins got the flock out of Ohio since the temps have been low 20's and below.
It's been snowing here on and off since last night.
North of us in the counties around Lake Erie they are definitely out with the snow plows and salt and snow shovels. Actually they were down my road this morning plowing and salting.
We had Black ice on the roads at about 4:30 today!!!!
Gotta love Ohio!!!!!
Love
Dee~~~~
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kate_ce1995
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Well no wonder they're showing up here early this year.
but I always thought that's what the wind was for.
Tex
Not that I'm lazy or anything,Katy wrote:And I'm still hoping to get the rest of the leaves raked out of the yard.
but I always thought that's what the wind was for. Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
We'd like to think that the winds are supposed to rid our yard of the leaves, but if ours blows into the neighbors yards to our north, we get the neighbors leaves from the south!!!
We have a riding mower with a mulcher blade so that sure eliminates the raking now. Slicker than doo-doo!!!!
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We have a riding mower with a mulcher blade so that sure eliminates the raking now. Slicker than doo-doo!!!!
Love
Dee~~~~
"What the heart gives away is never gone ... It is kept in the hearts of others."
we've been having weather into the low/mid 80's, one of my bing cherry trees actually has some blooms! Robins left here several weeks ago, not many geese or ducks in the the sky though. Sunday I saw and heard the familiar sound of Sandhill cranes, coming in by the hundreds. Today sunny and 76. Generally I wouldn't complain, but it isn't much fun to try and hunt duck with bluebird skys and hot weather, no goose, duck, or pheasant for Thanksgiving and it's my goose that's going to get cooked!
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Well, see Tex, the leaves have a horrible way of collecting in the drainage ditches and clogging culverts. And then we have 2 huge maple trees in our front yard (one of which is well over 200 years old) and they drop so many leaves that if they don't get raked then the grass dies even with mulching. I use our riding mower to blow them into piles then haul them to the tree line. My step daughters are getting old enough (and big enough) to drive the tractor now, so I have some extra help there, but it has to stop raining long enough to get out there. Depending on when snow arrives each year, I have to wait until spring to finish the cleanup. I do have areas in the back and side yards I don't worry about having as well cleaned up and let what happens happen.
Enjoy the robins...we're expecting a high of 32 today and it looks like Tigger is going to spend the day sleeping instead of braving the cold to hunt the mice trying to get in for the winter.
Katy
Enjoy the robins...we're expecting a high of 32 today and it looks like Tigger is going to spend the day sleeping instead of braving the cold to hunt the mice trying to get in for the winter.
Katy
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Morning All,
That the Robins disappear in the Winter is more a myth than a fact here in the Northeast. We will maintain quite large flocks of Robins throughout the year and it seems to have developed over time - like the Canada Goose rehabitating itself. That said, I saw quite a number yesterday while we had mad swirling snow the same as Ohio but not much settled. Snowed on the way into work today too.
I say, let the leaves lay.
Love, Maggie
That the Robins disappear in the Winter is more a myth than a fact here in the Northeast. We will maintain quite large flocks of Robins throughout the year and it seems to have developed over time - like the Canada Goose rehabitating itself. That said, I saw quite a number yesterday while we had mad swirling snow the same as Ohio but not much settled. Snowed on the way into work today too.
I say, let the leaves lay.
Love, Maggie
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Hi Katy,
You must live in the tropics of Vermont. Here in the Montpelier area there is a thin coat of snow on the grass, cannot see the leaves anymore.
If you wait a week or two, maybe you wont be able to see your leaves and thus wont need to rake them!!
Early this morning when I went to gym it was in the middle teens outside, the coldest morning yet. It is warmer now but not expected to get over 35 or so.
Tex, enjoy your robins, we wont be seeing them up this way for months as Katy said.
You must live in the tropics of Vermont. Here in the Montpelier area there is a thin coat of snow on the grass, cannot see the leaves anymore.
If you wait a week or two, maybe you wont be able to see your leaves and thus wont need to rake them!!
Early this morning when I went to gym it was in the middle teens outside, the coldest morning yet. It is warmer now but not expected to get over 35 or so.
Tex, enjoy your robins, we wont be seeing them up this way for months as Katy said.
I'm sure the leaf problem is a lot more significant in states where it actually rains and/or snows once in a while. I have a big advantage here, in that a lot of the leaves in my yard blow away, and it's impossible for any neighbors' leaves to replace them. Leaves in ditches and culverts are rarely a problem here, since it seldom rains enough during the fall and winter, for that to be a problem. Also, there are enough warm days here, even during the winter, that if moisture is available, many of the leaves will rot. The cold weather, in northern area, will do a pretty good job of preserving them, I'm sure.I've always wondered why the robins stay here for such a short time. Usually, they don't show up until December, and they are typically gone by about the end of February. I've never seen a single one around here during any other time of the year, but I haven't looked everywhere, of course. They're sort of the opposite of the plovers, (from way down in South America, I assume), that arrive sometime in July, and are usually gone by the end of August. I don't know if they just don't like our looks, or what.
Tex
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Tex,
Do you have the pleasure of seeing the Hummingbirds as they fly south, and then north again in the spring? I have an uncle that lives in Texas ~ near Lufkin, who has a miniature horse farm. The hummers either appear in the fall or in the spring, though Texas is lucky to have some species year round. If they arrive in mid-March they usually just hang around for a couple of days, and then they are gone. If they don't appear in spring, then they show up in October on their way back to Mexico, but never Spring and Fall. I don't think they migrate as a flock so maybe they are catching up or parting ways, who knows. I've always been fascinated by these little guys, but never have much luck encouraging them to hang out at my house for the summer. I think it's my neighbor's cats scare them away.
My mom on the other hand, lives in southern Indiana, and plants them huge gardens. She swears the same ones return year after year.
They are the sweetest little creature!
Kat
Do you have the pleasure of seeing the Hummingbirds as they fly south, and then north again in the spring? I have an uncle that lives in Texas ~ near Lufkin, who has a miniature horse farm. The hummers either appear in the fall or in the spring, though Texas is lucky to have some species year round. If they arrive in mid-March they usually just hang around for a couple of days, and then they are gone. If they don't appear in spring, then they show up in October on their way back to Mexico, but never Spring and Fall. I don't think they migrate as a flock so maybe they are catching up or parting ways, who knows. I've always been fascinated by these little guys, but never have much luck encouraging them to hang out at my house for the summer. I think it's my neighbor's cats scare them away.
My mom on the other hand, lives in southern Indiana, and plants them huge gardens. She swears the same ones return year after year. They are the sweetest little creature!
Kat