Yesterday

2003-03-06 Thread Allan Balliett 
Yesterday I flushed a beautiful robin in hoophouse number 1. She 
appeared to be looking for worms and had not touched any of the 
beautiful brassica sprouts boiling from the beds.

This is the first robin I've seen this year. As you are probably 
aware, the Mid-Atlantic is still knee deep in snow. (Our low tunnels 
are still all but invisible in the crusted ice-like snow.)

Given the zone gain created by double 6mil greenhouse plastic, I'll 
expect to start seeing robins outdoors in about 15 days.

-Allan

PS Necessary disclaimer for posterity: I did see the robin in the 
hoophouse yesterday, but I'm teasing with the conclusions I drew from 
that

Re: UPDATE ON HUGH IN OZ?

2003-03-06 Thread Jane Sherry 
Messing with the weather anywhere directly affects ALL of us.

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 Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 17:36:26 +1100
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 Subject: Re: UPDATE ON HUGH IN OZ?
 
 I'm quite sure these fellows dont know what they are doing and they are west
 of me so are messing around with the weather that directly affects us.

Re: Yesterday

2003-03-06 Thread Tony Nelson-Smith 
Yesterday I flushed a beautiful robin in hoophouse number 1.
Allan - remind me, is the US robin the same as ours in Britain (Erithacus 
rubecula)?  I've heard the story that nostalgic early settlers gave native 
birds the names of British ones which they resemble.Tony N-S.

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Re: Yesterday (today and tomorrow)

2003-03-06 Thread flylo 
There's a tree with that nickname (Yesterday, Today and 
tomorrow), a saucer Magnolia? because the flowers change colors 
as they age.

today is sunny and green, some of the mud is receding, finally. I 
have a mockingbird who is flitting around the eaves of the 
greenhouse and the brilliant bluebirds come out in droves every 
afternoon, looking for the earthworms washed up by all the rains. 
Robins start here early January, maybe they overwinter, or go 
'barely' south of here, I don't know.

Re: earthworms being recycled by Robins

2003-03-06 Thread Soilculturebiody 
there are large flocks of robins in sonoma county for the last 10 days or so and they are enjoying our large earthworm populations

Bob

Re: Help with Our Feathered Friends

2003-03-06 Thread Soilculturebiody 
what kind of feathered friends? 

Bob