There's no stopping this avalanche called spring. It happens quickly and there's so much nesting on right now.
The ice on the river broke earlier this week
and now there's a seagull couple by the hydro plant. They're there every year, at least I think it's the same couple. They get real hostile when their babies hatch. I could never walk there when that happens
It's so wonderful to hear all these birds after a long silent winter. A lot of snow effectively silences all sounds and spring arrives as poured out of a bucket; everything at once and it's all intense.
The common blackbird is one of my favorite songbirds
It's +10C and sunny here right now, but forecast for Monday is +3 and sleet ,😬
It's ok, it's not rained for weeks, it really dusty everywhere so I'm looking forward to some rainy days.
Here's the view down stream from the hydroplant bridge. I could fall asleep to that sound...
I clicked play on the Blackbird vid, and then clicked play on the water vid and did fall asleep 😂
I clicked play on the Blackbird vid, and then clicked play on the water vid and did fall asleep 😂
Aaaand it's snowing
I clicked play on the Blackbird vid, and then clicked play on the water vid and did fall asleep 😂
I saw a commercial on the Calm app that has different sounds on loop like that. The same water sound was playing and they say it's called brown noise
Aaaand it's snowing
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My great horned owl arrived this morning-meaning spring is near..around the bend
my guess is 2 to 3 weeks
when the owl first shows up & hoo hoo hoos it's like it's sayin 'hang in there it's coming (spring)-heh
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..couple of the northern lights pics at link above i put were taken at Finland, Minn.
(..why am i not suprised.. )
..couple of the northern lights pics at link above i put were taken at Finland, Minn.
(..why am i not suprised..
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I'm not one bit surprised
Sooo, it went from heavy snow to +16C real fast.
Spring is back on!
I took the below pic before the last snowfall. Today I walked by there and there were a lot more of them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus
This I had to snap today on my way home from the store.
By the tree I saw my first Anemone Hepatica. It probably has some English name where it grows elsewhere in the world.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemone_hepatica
Between the foot of the house and that rim of snow I spotted some Scilla growing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scilla
That's a south facing wall and there was still snow in the afternoon in +16C degrees
Note the buds on the tree too, I think it's a bird cherry.