The Weather..... (moved, degree, spring)

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by elston

You Must Be Right!.....I saw two robins this week end; one in Gorham and the other in Saco.....

their migration must be triggered by length of day not temperatures...what will they find to eat...I know the early worm catches the worm....but they are "early birds by about 2 months.

Actually elston, not all robins migrate South for the winter. Most do, but there are always a few that stay behind for some unknown reason. I personally think it must be the clueless one myself. One day out flying with the rest of the neighborhood robins, the next all alone and frosty wondering what happened, and where did everybody go.

[elston]

Originally Posted by Bydand

Actually elston, not all robins migrate South for the winter. Most do, but there are always a few that stay behind for some unknown reason. I personally think it must be the clueless one myself. One day out flying with the rest of the neighborhood robins, the next all alone and frosty wondering what happened, and where did everybody go.

I had wondered if these might have "migrated" from Canada or Alaska to Maine and consider this SOUTH. But MW and you have made it much simpler.....they never left.

[Bydand]

Speaking of weather. This isn't fair at all. I move to West Michigan after spending last winter in Caribou. Record snowfall, the works up there last winter. This winter up there, not so much I hear. According to NOAA Caribou has received just over 80" for the season. Now a quick look at my new location: usual snowfall is 89.7" a year... NOT this winter though. Oh no, that would be too easy of a winter for me; so to make me feel right at home, this area has managed to get 142" by the end of January (about 40" over where Caribou was the same time last year). We still have a couple more months of winter left.

[dramamama6685]

Originally Posted by Bydand

Speaking of weather. This isn't fair at all. I move to West Michigan after spending last winter in Caribou. Record snowfall, the works up there last winter. This winter up there, not so much I hear. According to NOAA Caribou has received just over 80" for the season. Now a quick look at my new location: usual snowfall is 89.7" a year... NOT this winter though. Oh no, that would be too easy of a winter for me; so to make me feel right at home, this area has managed to get 142" by the end of January (about 40" over where Caribou was the same time last year). We still have a couple more months of winter left.

Perhaps the snow is simply following you...

[Casper1212]

The ground was covered while we were in Calais. There was at least two feet of snow in most places, and it snowed twice while we were there. We were surprised at how quickly old habits of dealing with snow and ice came back to us. They tell us the snow should be gone when we get there in late March.

[elston]

Originally Posted by Casper1212

The ground was covered while we were in Calais. There was at least two feet of snow in most places, and it snowed twice while we were there. We were surprised at how quickly old habits of dealing with snow and ice came back to us. They tell us the snow should be gone when we get there in late March.

We moved to Gorham Maine last year the last week of March....there was still a lot of snow on the ground in our back yard....waist deep....and the piles that had been plowed off the driveway.....they weren't melted until mid April. You are much further north than we are....but also you are on the coast.

[Casper1212]

That's the thing, being so close to the coast. They told us they usually don't have as much snow as they had this year in Calais, and everybody kept saying that the snow would be gone by the end of March. I know that further up the road, around Houlton and Fort Fairfield they get a lot more snow.

[GarlicGuy]

it was wonderful to have a 44 degree day.... made it nice to get a few things done outside. Almost t-shirt weather. of course I know it won't last... just a taste of what Spring will be like next month

[tankratt]

Originally Posted by GarlicGuy

it was wonderful to have a 44 degree day.... made it nice to get a few things done outside. Almost t-shirt weather. of course I know it won't last... just a taste of what Spring will be like next month

sunlight at the end of the winter tunnel?

[dramamama6685]

Originally Posted by tankratt

sunlight at the end of the winter tunnel?

Here, too.. though I missed uot a bit had a 7 hour play practice.