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Signs of spring

eagle_rutherford

Fly fishing fan
After the hard winter that many parts of the country have endured this year, have you found any good signs that spring is coming? I'll start off with a couple.

"Is it spring yet"? I think these robins were a little optimistic. They look a little cold...

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Eileen and I finally got the bikes out for a short ride today, and found that the local population of Great Blue Herons were returning to their treetop rookerie:

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Yup, sure looks like spring.........NOT




Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1011 AM EDT MON MAR 10 2014

............

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK.

* TIMING...LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 7 TO 12 INCHES.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY.
INCREASING WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

* FORECASTER CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY
WITH THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM. JUST A SMALL CHANGE IN
THE LOW TRACK WOULD ALTER EXPECTED ACCUMULATIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO.

&&

$$
 
My weather just went from winter storm warning to BLIZZARD warning!!!!!

Ain't spring wonderful..............................
 
Our back pasture last week with some visiting elk, and the same area this week.
 

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Robins were here until last week...sandhill cranes in formation headed north last week, hummingbirds swarming 5 different feeders today

Oh yeah...and this today

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Blue Skies at Mt Rainer...

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Over 500,000 Snow Geese and other water fowl gather in the Freezeout Lake area of MT each spring. Picture taken by a friend.
 

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Opening day of Baseball. While not really a fan ,...I always like opening day because it does represent spring.
 
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