I know that spring is here when the Starlings come back.
[the Robins drag in a few weeks later]
My own personal “sign” are my willows.
*Normally* they put out buds in late February but since all this “global warming” stuff started, they’re waiting until mid-March.
Right now, they have *tiny* leaves which are not growing...as if they’re suspicious of sticking their heads out, only to be hit by yet another sub-freezing night.
Just 6 or 7 years ago, we’d already be out riding the Harleys on 70-80 degree days and still riding into late October-early November.
[Blasted global warming’s nearly frozen us to death]