[momtothree]

Just got back from the orthodontist and guess what I saw?!! 3 robins! Woohooo. Spring is around the corner!

[greeneyes]

Can’t come soon enough for me. LOL

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

momtothree :"..guess what I saw?!! 3 robins! Woohooo. Spring is around the corner!"

Better put out some seed, suet , and long-johns for those robins.
Tomorrow (Saturday) is Bastardi's weather forecast, and he called accurately the last two weeks.
Bastardi last stated that spring will come the end of March, and into April .
Here in western NY, we have had the second coldest winter , and the third snowiest winter.
and snow was expected in all of the 48 States tomorrow.
Boy am I glad that NOAA (FED Govt.) said last Fall that this was supposed to be a mild Winter,
and that the closeures of coal-fired electrical plants wouldn't be needed!
../sarc Thank you Al Gore for "Glow-BUll" warming !

[ApplegateRanch]

Despite winter lows down to -35, and months of deeply frozen ground & snow cover, we have robins (and chickadees) resident year around. The robins have access to the barns, and nest in them.

What denotes Spring here is the return of towhees & bluebirds; and the departure of the juncos.

Another fairly reliable sign of Spring is 6 inches of mud replacing 4 inches of snow in the garden.

[Redleg Duke]

Up here in southern New Hampshire, the robins actually go into the deep woods for the winter and show up in February in the towns to feed on the crab apples that turn sweet when frozen. We had one in our front yard last week.

But, Barb has seedlings up under the grow lights.

Twenty-four work days and a wake-up to retirement for me and we are planning our enlarged and serious garden!