Napril 2026 Discussion/Obs

[Baroclinic Zone]

Nice rains today. Peepers are still lit in force. Been going off every night now for a month.

Im done with these 40s and 50s. Want more consistent 60s with some 70s thrown in the mix now.

[mreaves]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Rained all day and only 0.27” to show for it. 

 

48 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Bummer. Managed 1.18"

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.56 here

[kdxken]

41 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Based on what besides automated CPC and poorly performing AIFS?

What are you basing Stein on? The back of an IPA label?

[kdxken]

We take. Weekend looks iffy but otherwise...

 

[NoCORH4L]

Back in the freezer later in the week potentially. Poop. 

[dendrite]

33 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

Nice rains today. Peepers are still lit in force. Been going off every night now for a month.

Im done with these 40s and 50s. Want more consistent 60s with some 70s thrown in the mix now.

Had a chicken snag a peeper tonight. Stuff like that is always tough to watch.  

[kdxken]

3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Had a chicken snag a peeper tonight. Stuff like that is always tough to watch.  

Happens when folks bring in invasive species from foreign lands. Lucky we have any frogs left. Damn jungle foul. 

 

 

[kdxken]

7 minutes ago, NoCORH4L said:

Back in the freezer later in the week potentially. Poop. 

At least it looks like we're done with the 30s.

[dendrite]

5 minutes ago, kdxken said:

At least it looks like we're done with the 30s.

For highs?

[dendrite]

6 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Happens when folks bring in invasive species from foreign lands. Lucky we have any frogs left. Damn jungle foul. 

 

 

We’re all invasive 

[kdxken]

11 minutes ago, dendrite said:

We’re all invasive 

Cougars are native and are expanding their range. Wolfie is right. Wait long enough and everything will come back.

 

[dendrite]

Pickles has been hunting cougars for years. One finally got him last year.

[kdxken]

5 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Pickles has been hunting cougars for years. One finally got him last year.

He done. Cougars survived the Pleistocene extinctions.

[dendrite]

2 minutes ago, kdxken said:

He done. Cougars survived the Pleistocene extinctions.

[powderfreak]

1 hour ago, mreaves said:

 

.56 here

0.33" here.

[rimetree]

April ends about avg. temp wise here but definitely pretty dry. Picked up 0.39 today, which is the most daily precip we've had all month. Looking forward to some active weather coming up.

[WinterWolf]

5 hours ago, dendrite said:

Had a chicken snag a peeper tonight. Stuff like that is always tough to watch.  

Wow…didn’t know a chicken would eat a little frog like that. Did the chicken eat it?  Or just kill it?  Interesting. 

[WinterWolf]

5 hours ago, kdxken said:

Cougars are native and are expanding their range. Wolfie is right. Wait long enough and everything will come back.

 

Yup.  Folks like Greta, Al Gore and the like…all silly morons.  Al Gore now saying an ice age coming in 25 yrs. 20 yrs ago he said no more snow.  WTTTE. 

[jbenedet]

You can see the the coastal SNE depression 

 

GWDLT

NNE ftw

 

[jbenedet]

Another 10/10 early spring day 

[MJO812]

May 1

Countdown to winter begins 

[dendrite]

5 hours ago, WinterWolf said:

Wow…didn’t know a chicken would eat a little frog like that. Did the chicken eat it?  Or just kill it?  Interesting. 

Ate it. They are voracious mini t-rexes if they get a chance.

I’ve seen them eat frogs, salamanders, newborn chipmunks, and even a hummingbird…lol. The hummer hit the window and was either stunned or near death and the chicken found it. I chased after it, but it ran to the other side of the yard with it and after a certain point you just let them do what they want with it to take it out of its misery faster.

[WinterWolf]

6 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Ate it. They are voracious mini t-rexes if they get a chance.

I’ve seen them eat frogs, salamanders, newborn chipmunks, and even a hummingbird…lol. The hummer hit the window and was either stunned or near death and the chicken found it. I chased after it, but it ran to the other side of the yard with it and after a certain point you just let them do what they want with it to take it out of its misery faster.

Dam…never realized that. Birds can be ferocious.  Animal world is certainly no joke. Chicken be like, No offense…but I need to eat, so it’s game on. 
 

Great information.

[rclab]

49 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

May 1

Countdown to winter begins 

At least by that time the Mets attempted replay of their 1962 inaugural season will be over.
Stay hopeful, as always ……

[tunafish]

31 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Ate it. They are voracious mini t-rexes if they get a chance.

I’ve seen them eat frogs, salamanders, newborn chipmunks, and even a hummingbird…lol. The hummer hit the window and was either stunned or near death and the chicken found it. I chased after it, but it ran to the other side of the yard with it and after a certain point you just let them do what they want with it to take it out of its misery faster.

 

24 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Dam…never realized that. Birds can be ferocious.  Animal world is certainly no joke. Chicken be like, No offense…but I need to eat, so it’s game on. 
 

Great information.

They'll even eat each other. 

Morbidly - if one dies and isn't removed, they'll eat it.

Less morbidly - leftover cooked egg whites are a favorite treat.  You can also feed them crushed eggshells (I bake mine quickly first) as a calcium source.

[jbenedet]

36 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Ate it. They are voracious mini t-rexes if they get a chance.

I’ve seen them eat frogs, salamanders, newborn chipmunks, and even a hummingbird…lol. The hummer hit the window and was either stunned or near death and the chicken found it. I chased after it, but it ran to the other side of the yard with it and after a certain point you just let them do what they want with it to take it out of its misery faster.

Nature gonna do its thing but that hummingbird bit would have ruined my next three hours.

Cost of eggs doesn’t sound so bad anymore…