I am sooo ready for spring~! We have a local: Gertie the Groundhog and it didnt see its shaddow either~! Says its keeper had a hard time getting it outside. Probably due to below zero windchill here... Jan
Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
705 Posts
Posted - Feb 02 2007 : 1:26:54 PM
We call today "drag a woodchuck out of the den, blind it with bright lights and speculate on what he sees" day.
We have just a few inches of snow but very cold temps. Whether it's six more weeks of winter or only six more weeks til spring, I'm almost the point of being ready for spring. I've noticed brighter yellow on the American goldfinches this week!
Robin do you have goldfinches all winter? Am. Goldfinch is our state bird and when they show up I know SUMMER is here. They don't seem to winter here at least not in my area. Thanks MB
Phil's reaction typically doesn't apply to us - we *always* have six more weeks of winter from this point in the year! But that's okay, the last couple of months were so mild we knew our time was coming ;-)
Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
705 Posts
Posted - Feb 03 2007 : 03:30:14 AM
quote:Originally posted by Marybeth
Robin do you have goldfinches all winter? Am. Goldfinch is our state bird and when they show up I know SUMMER is here. They don't seem to winter here at least not in my area. Thanks MB
We see more of them in the winter than summer. There's a picture of one sitting in a branch pile in my blog. http://outdoorwriter.wordpress.com/ I hang a thistle sock on the back porch and mix thistle seed in with the rest of the seed for the feeders and ground out front. They've started the chasing and diving now that the days are a little longer. I wish we saw more of them in the summer. I think they must come to the woods in the winter and go back out into the open the rest of the year.
Punxsutawney Phil
Posted - Feb 02 2007 : 07:01:07 AM
