Signs of Spring in the air

[noodle one]

Every time that I walked out of the house this morning the geese were flying high and headed north. This the frist day that I have heard or seen them flying this year. Always a good sign that spring is not far behind.

[Doc]

Lol .... we have a lot of geese that never left.

[covert]

I was raking stones out of the lawn today and I heard and saw a Killdeer.

[Pygmy]

I have had grackles at my feeders for several days..

Today, I saw a woodchuck, two turkey buzzards and about a dozen robins...

[covert]

The bluebirds are checking out the birdhouses too.

[Pygmy]

The bluebirds are checking out the birdhouses too.

Good news, covert, I just cleaned my bluebird boxes out today..That's when I saw 8 or 10 robins bob-bob-bobbin' around in my hayfield..

For the first time EVER since I have had bluebird boxes, I did not find a single mouse...Out of appx. two dozen birdhouses, all but 2 or 3 had nests from last season...

[covert]

I cleaned mine out today too and got one mouse nest. Not so good odds though because i only have three boxes up right now. I did catch 21 mice in my garage this winter.

[blackradio]

I was shed hunting today and saw a big butterfly, mostly black with some orange. Wouldn't stay still long enough to snap a pic. Thought it was cool.

[greensider]

geese in dutchess heading north as well today and birds cleaning out the houses and the hawks building thier nest in my back yard as usual

[josephmrtn]

saw a flock of geese headed north todat...

[WNYBuckHunter]

Ive seen a few chuck dead on the roads the last few days, and saw my first robin of the year yesterday.

[Pygmy]

I cleaned mine out today too and got one mouse nest. Not so good odds though because i only have three boxes up right now. I did catch 21 mice in my garage this winter.

21 mice, eh ? ...Good score...Brings back memories..

A few years ago I rented an older mobile home, which was set right in the woods..

It was loaded with mice, so I bought half a dozen mousetraps and set out a trapline. I kept a talley of all the mice I caught on a piece of paper on my refrigerator door..

When I moved out of the trailer about a year later, I had recorded 44 mice on my score sheet.

Edited March 11, 2013 by Pygmy