Maybe spring is finally here....

[TimJ]

Went outside after supper with the camera to see how close I could get to a Robin.

This was the best I could do with the 50mm lens. A fair bit of cropping.

Still at least a month and a half before it's residents will move back in.

Then I heard some honking off to the south, a flock of Canadas moved by to the west.

More came by overhead.

This was about as close as any came. Still some heavy cropping but they were pretty close for coming over town.

Many geese flew over including one flock of Whitefronts that I couldn't get a good photo of.
I decided to start the first backyard fire of the spring. Most of my wood was too wet but it blazed up for a minute... and I got smokey smelling.

Maybe someday a few geese will stop and check out those sillywetts in the background.

This was one of the first pleasant evenings of the spring. The sounds, the sights and the warmth of the sun are all starting to show up.

Tim

 

[Chuck J]

Went outside after supper with the camera to see how close I could get to a Robin.

After dinner I looked out and we had an inch of snow on the driveway...it was coming down like crazy, however as soon as it let up, the warmth in the ground melted most of it off.

 

[Al Hansen]

Tim, it is good to see you having so much fun with the new camera. That lens is doing you well! I enjoyed the evening light on the Robin.
I am sure that one of these days you will look out into the backyard to see a whole flock of Canadas looking about and wondering why they landed----
Your wren house is a dandy.
Good to see that last storm missed you.
Next week our hummers should begin to start showing up from Mexico.
Here is what our temps are supposed to be:
Weather for Socorro, NM
Today

79° 45°
Thu

79° 43°
Fri

75° 39°
Sat

81° 43°
Al

 

[tod osier]

IT is a great time to be out and about! I've completely come out of winter hibernation mode, got a couple projects done, turkies open up in a month! Good stuff, thanks for sharing.

 

[BillS]

Below zero last night, sunday and monday have single digit lows forecasted. Though tommorrow and friday are back to back high 30's so maybe there is some help to start melting all this snow.

 

[Carl]

We thought it was Spring this last weekend, then winter came back.
Sunday I was in shorts raking leaves, the last three days its been 35 in the morning with highs in the low 50s. That's January/February weather down here. We should be having highs around 72.

 

[TimJ]

Chuck,
We had that inch the day before. 90% of it had melted by midday.

Al,
Thanks. I can throw a rock and hit 'country' so anything that shows up won't be a surprise. The snow has been just north and south all winter. A little bit of me would still like a shot of heavy wet snow.

Tod,
I wish I were out of hibernation. I have a lot to do outside and the time frame is getting more condensed. Need to get grass started, move a bunch of shrubs and perennials I picked up last summer, I'd like to build a pond (I have a pile of large rocks that have to be moved if I do or don't), I want to built a small pigeon coop now that it is warmer and then there is the garden.

Bills,
I wondered if you had much snow. I know there is a lot that is slowly melting in the NE corner of SD and I had heard there is a lot in the Fargo area. Looks like the cold air is going to come back after the weekend. Well at least it is a slow melt... when it actually melts.

Carl,
It's crazy how different the weather can be perceived in this great big country. It was about 35 when I took those pictures and it seemed warm and springlike. Our low was 11 yesterday, stayed in the 20s last night so we can really warm up today, maybe the mid 40s. Normally we should be getting to about 50 but the last 2 months have been very cool.

Tim

 

[Tom Modin]

Tim it was sunshine and 40 here yesterday. I walked to pick the girls up from school and they made me stay outside with them for an hour. Robins galore around here too

 

[Capt. Brian Rhodes]

Nice pics!

Saw my first osprey and heard the peep frogs last night here in RI. Stripers won't be far behind!