Spring?

Eisboch wrote:
> I just noticed that there is an unusual amount of birds outside, chirping
> away.
> Is that a sign of an early spring?

Perhaps, but I'm thinking it's more a sign that the birds are freakin'
stupid.

There's still snow on the ground for pete's sake. :>)

Speaking of boids...

I had quite the collection at the boid feeder this morning including a
bunch of male and female Cardinals.
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:18:21 -0500, "Eisboch" <rce.RemoveThis@nowhere.com> wrote:

>I just noticed that there is an unusual amount of birds outside, chirping
>away.
>Is that a sign of an early spring?
>
>Eisboch
>

I think the robins in my yard last month was another sign! The goldfinch
haven't changed colors yet, so summer's not here.
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:47:59 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
<removeemail.RemoveThis@swsports.org> wrote:

>Eisboch wrote:
>> I just noticed that there is an unusual amount of birds outside, chirping
>> away.
>> Is that a sign of an early spring?
>
>Perhaps, but I'm thinking it's more a sign that the birds are freakin'
>stupid.
>
>There's still snow on the ground for pete's sake. :>)
>
>Speaking of boids...
>
>I had quite the collection at the boid feeder this morning including a
>bunch of male and female Cardinals.

The cardinals stay all winter if you keep food in the feeder. They love
black oil sunflower seeds. There are few sights prettier than a bright red
daddy cardinal back dropped by snow.
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" <removeemail.RemoveThis@swsports.org> wrote in message
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> Eisboch wrote:
>> I just noticed that there is an unusual amount of birds outside, chirping
>> away.
>> Is that a sign of an early spring?
>
> Perhaps, but I'm thinking it's more a sign that the birds are freakin'
> stupid.
>
> There's still snow on the ground for pete's sake. :>)
>
> Speaking of boids...
>
> I had quite the collection at the boid feeder this morning including a
> bunch of male and female Cardinals.

I means Al Gore is someplace within flying distance and all the birds left
to avoid freezing to death.
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:47:59 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
<removeemail.DeleteThis@swsports.org> wrote:

>Eisboch wrote:
>> I just noticed that there is an unusual amount of birds outside, chirping
>> away.
>> Is that a sign of an early spring?
>
>Perhaps, but I'm thinking it's more a sign that the birds are freakin'
>stupid.
>
>There's still snow on the ground for pete's sake. :>)
>
>Speaking of boids...
>
>I had quite the collection at the boid feeder this morning including a
>bunch of male and female Cardinals.


Whatta ya mean snow? It was 80 degrees and sunny here yesterday.
Robins have been in the yard for weeks - Cardinals and squirrels all
over the place.
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:18:21 -0500, Eisboch wrote:

> I just noticed that there is an unusual amount of birds outside, chirping
> away.
> Is that a sign of an early spring?
>
> Eisboch

Well, the hummingbirds haven't made it across the Gulf yet, but in another
week or two.

http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html

For the past several years I've been following their northward migration.
Silly, I know, but it makes me feel warmer.
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JLH wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:18:21 -0500, "Eisboch" <rce.DeleteThis@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>> I just noticed that there is an unusual amount of birds outside, chirping
>> away.
>> Is that a sign of an early spring?
>>
>> Eisboch
>>
>
> I think the robins in my yard last month was another sign! The goldfinch
> haven't changed colors yet, so summer's not here.

Can we assign blame to your for todays storm rolling through the
mid-atlantic?
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:29:18 -0500, BAR <screwed.TakeThisOut@you.com> wrote:

>JLH wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:18:21 -0500, "Eisboch" <rce.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I just noticed that there is an unusual amount of birds outside, chirping
>>> away.
>>> Is that a sign of an early spring?
>>>
>>> Eisboch
>>>
>>
>> I think the robins in my yard last month was another sign! The goldfinch
>> haven't changed colors yet, so summer's not here.
>
>Can we assign blame to your for todays storm rolling through the
>mid-atlantic?

This is unreal! I got up at 7am to find about 1/4 inch of sleet on the
ground. Now we've got almost five inches of snow. What a surprise!

I had to make an emergency trip to the store to get the fixin's for chili.
--
John H
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JLH wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:29:18 -0500, BAR <screwed.TakeThisOut@you.com> wrote:
>
>> JLH wrote:
>>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:18:21 -0500, "Eisboch" <rce.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just noticed that there is an unusual amount of birds outside, chirping
>>>> away.
>>>> Is that a sign of an early spring?
>>>>
>>> I think the robins in my yard last month was another sign! The goldfinch
>>> haven't changed colors yet, so summer's not here.
>> Can we assign blame to your for todays storm rolling through the
>> mid-atlantic?
>
> This is unreal! I got up at 7am to find about 1/4 inch of sleet on the
> ground. Now we've got almost five inches of snow. What a surprise!
>
> I had to make an emergency trip to the store to get the fixin's for chili.

Is Al Gore speaking on Global Warming anywhere near your house?
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"thunder" <thunder.DeleteThis@TAKEOUTgti.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:18:21 -0500, Eisboch wrote:
>
>> I just noticed that there is an unusual amount of birds outside, chirping
>> away.
>> Is that a sign of an early spring?
>>
>> Eisboch
>
> Well, the hummingbirds haven't made it across the Gulf yet, but in another
> week or two.
>
> http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html
>
> For the past several years I've been following their northward migration.
> Silly, I know, but it makes me feel warmer.

We have them all winter.
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Calif Bill wrote:
> "thunder" <thunder.DeleteThis@TAKEOUTgti.net> wrote in message
> news:12u2dmslc4kd966@corp.supernews.com...
>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:18:21 -0500, Eisboch wrote:
>>
>>> I just noticed that there is an unusual amount of birds outside, chirping
>>> away.
>>> Is that a sign of an early spring?
>>>
>>> Eisboch
>> Well, the hummingbirds haven't made it across the Gulf yet, but in another
>> week or two.
>>
>> http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html
>>
>> For the past several years I've been following their northward migration.
>> Silly, I know, but it makes me feel warmer.
>
> We have them all winter.

Shut up. :>)
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On Feb 25, 11:39?am, Short Wave Sportfishing
<removeem....TakeThisOut@swsports.org> wrote:
> JLH wrote:
> > On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:29:18 -0500, BAR <scre....TakeThisOut@you.com> wrote:
>
> >> JLH wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:18:21 -0500, "Eisboch" <r....TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> I just noticed that there is an unusual amount of birds outside, chirping
> >>>> away.
> >>>> Is that a sign of an early spring?
>
> >>> I think the robins in my yard last month was another sign! The goldfinch
> >>> haven't changed colors yet, so summer's not here.
> >> Can we assign blame to your for todays storm rolling through the
> >> mid-atlantic?
>
> > This is unreal! I got up at 7am to find about 1/4 inch of sleet on the
> > ground. Now we've got almost five inches of snow. What a surprise!
>
> > I had to make an emergency trip to the store to get the fixin's for chili.
>
> Is Al Gore speaking on Global Warming anywhere near your house?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Key word, thermohaline currents.

Rush Limbaugh and a few others have been hooting and scratching every
time there's been a blast of cold weather this winter, rushing to
denounce any evidence of climate change. In fact, the diminishing ice
at the poles disrupts some of the currents that have moderated winter
weather throughout much of the northern hemisphere throughout the
realatively brief instant when there has been human civilization on
this planet. Severe winters are part of a global warming scenario,
offset by more extreme summers. It's the average temeprature, not the
daily temperature, that's important.

Interesting link:

http://www.mindfully.org/Air/2003/Pentagon-Climate-Change1oct03.htm


Ramifications for boaters: climate change, (whether man-made or not),
will alter the nature of fish in various waters, possibly decrease the
number of fish in some, change the types of sea life we observe when
boating, make the water warm enough to swim in previously frigid
areas, and generally have a profound impact on the entire aquatic
ecosystem. If climate change continues at its present pace, our
grandkids will be experiencing vastly different boating conditions
than we do now. And of course there's Florida, a major boating center
in the US- under some models a lot of Florida will simply disappear.
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