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  1. 1 hour ago, dendrite said:

    And for @eekuasepinniWI had my first white throated sparrows last week 

    Nice. I've actually had a couple of them stay all winter for the first time, but I only see them when it's snowing and other food sources are freshly covered.  Still no singing from them, but the titmouses and cardinals are in full spring singing mode.  Some good yellow patches on the gold finches were spotted about a week ago.

     

     

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  2. 12 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

    Heavy heavy moss from anti stein last year. Got to kill that off now. 

    I'm convinced moss can grow under snow.  I have these pretty patches of moss all over the stone walls by the front steps and they're so fresh and bright and lime green right now.  I don't remember them being there in the fall.

    11 hours ago, dendrite said:

    I have 3 younger apples in a row…honeycrisp, galarina, and honeycrisp…and only the galarina got girdled by voles. The damn things dig under 1/2” hardware cloth fencing to get to it. 
     

    But I cut down a couple of saggy birches last fall and man did the voles have a feast chewing that up. Maybe that’s the secret? Give then some young birch to chew and they’ll leave most of my other trees alone?

    I've had success with stopping voles from girdling my sunflowers to death by wrapping the bottom 8 inches or so of trunk with steel window screen.  Easy to cut with scissors and bend:  https://a.co/d/hgLy7RN

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  3. 2 hours ago, DJln491 said:

    What's going on at Lake Winni, is it ice out yet?  Or maybe I should ask, was there ever an ice in? 

    Ice-in lasted exactly 1 day before the wind broke up the skim ice.  Since ice out uses different criteria, it probably won't happen until mid Month (which will still be the earliest ever.)

  4. 56.4

    Starting to drop thanks to that clump of clouds.  What a great day.... lots of dripping and birds singing.

    March 24th is my first-peeper prediction.
    First loon April 3rd.

  5. 7 minutes ago, dendrite said:

    My Davis C batteries apparently finally died after being installed in 2006 so when the power went out I lost wind data for awhile. But that’s pretty good. Was it coming right off the channel from the WSW? I remember you’ve roared from that direction in the past. 

    Yeah the direction has been perfect.  Even saw one of those spraynados.

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  6. 1 hour ago, dendrite said:

    That was some of the wildest CAA winds I’ve seen here. I was impressed out there last night. 

    Yeah it was some top shelf stuff.  Tied my all-time record wind gust of 55mph and reached the low 50's several times.  

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  7. Quote

    Alberta is declaring an early start to the 2024 wildfire season.

    The legislated wildfire season runs March 1 to Oct. 31, but Todd Loewen, minister of forestry and parks, announced Tuesday the fire season is now underway as a result of warmer-than-normal temperatures and below-average precipitation.

    There are currently 54 wildfires burning in Alberta, 52 of those fires started in 2023.

    *drags RAP Smoke link back into bookmarks bar and cracks knuckles*

  8. On 6/18/2022 at 6:44 PM, eekuasepinniW said:

    I bought a bat plant. I look forward to near continuous disappointment over the next few years until I throw it away.

    Boy did this ever end up being accurate. But two years of non-stop aggravation and four failed plants later....

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  9. Something arrived about 90 minutes ago... big jump in density but a pretty lame jump in solar wind speed.  Bz was down to -14 for a while and is now pretty choppy.  

    This must be one of the weaker cme's ahead of the main event.

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