A Sign Of Spring

[Whaler]

I hung our hummingbird feeder yesterday and within 5 minutes we had birds feeding. Love to watch them.

[cabinetman]

Our sign of spring is having to cut the grass every 5 days.
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[Richard in Smithville]

Sign here is when the new snow melts before you get to shovel it

Long range forcast is call for flurries as far as the 22nd of this month.

[Rand]

I kept a feeder out all winter. Even in 22 degree (F) weather there was a hummingbird feeding at it. The sugar water turns to slush but they can still drink it. I was amazed at how hardy those tiny birds are.

[Mrs. Wallnut]

Spring around here is when the sun is shining and the WIND is blowing. Just kidding. The last couple of days around here have been great, in the 60's or so and warm outside. Yesterday the wind blew for a while and today it is raining a little bit, which we needed because Mark mowed the lawn and put fertilizer down, and they haven't turned on the irrigation yet so we needed the rain.

[Ed62]

We feed the birds (and squirrels) all year. I built an insulated box with a 40W light bulb inside, and a pie tin of top. The bulb is warm enough that it keeps the water in the pie tin from freezing, no matter how cold it gets. The feeder is just outside a window, so we can watch them. Spring is when the light bulb can be unplugged.

Ed

[herb fellows]

I love watching hummingbirds. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, they don't come around where I live. I see them in Maine, which is north of here, in the summer, don't know why they don't come here.

[Richard in Smithville]

I love watching hummingbirds. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, they don't come around where I live. I see them in Maine, which is north of here, in the summer, don't know why they don't come here.

No one gave them directions?

We used to feed the birds until the neighbour though she would feed all the stray cats. We decided that cats should only be fed with the tinned cat food-not the feathered kind.