They have arrived

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They have arrived

51 Styline · Niagara Falls Member

Last week there were about 100 robins on the various lawns in my crescent. I even had a Grackle in the yard and this is the earliest i have seen them. Hopefully we have turned the corner on winter.

Lightspeed Mike · http://lightspeedmetaldesign.com/

I saw one this morning too.
Winter can't be over fast enough.

parklane · St.Thomas On Rod-side member

Junior wrote:
On the roof of the white fronted shed- a ROBIN !!!! Maybe the Groundhog was wrong
junior

Being in the neighbors yard doesn't count.

shag766 · Foxboro On Rod-side Member

haven't seen any in the yard as of yet but i can smell a hint of spring in the air which is nice. caught sight of something else now twice that has me concerned though.

58chev · Etobicoke On Rod-side Member

shag766 wrote:
caught sight of something else now twice that has me concerned though.

AND?? biggrin

admin · Mar 1, 2018

I know it was the smell of "WYNNE" drifting across the land.. kind of a really stinking liberal smell???? .. I think I got a wiff way up here in The Southern end of the Province... biggrin biggrin confuse confuse

Offset · Haliburton Ont Member

admin wrote:
I know it was the smell of "WYNNE" drifting across the land.. kind of a really stinking liberal smell???? .. I think I got a wiff way up here in The Southern end of the Province...

Hopefully it is the smell of fear by the Liberals. They simply need to go, they have been in power too long now.

Have not seen any Robins in Haliburton yet but lots of other birds. I wonder how those little chickadees can survive in the cold weather, there is nothing to them.

Thanks for raising the spirits with a Robin pic.

TIME TRAVELLER · Niagara On Region Member

My wife has some flowers blooming in her gardens. No robins yet though but they can't be far behind.

51 Styline · Niagara Falls Member

A Robin woke me up this morning around 7. It was nice to hear it chirping away.

FLEET 51 · Portland On Rod-Side Member

TWO Robins , so far " Way up here in Portland " --Chipmunks are out as well --Yesterday , an Otter ran up the Lake , toward Westport ------- LATER ---- DON / FLEET 51

shag766 · Foxboro On Rod-side Member

58chev wrote:
shag766 wrote:
caught sight of something else now twice that has me concerned though.
AND??

and, a good sized wolf now a couple of times with track coming up close to the house, shop and in the barn yard. got a look at it with the binoculars and it is much bigger than the normal coyote around here. talking to a neighbor down the road and find out he shot one near his barn and he tells me of another being shot in a backyard in the neighbor hood. the one i seen was pretty mangy looking and the neighbor says the one he shot was the same. the times are changing and i wonder what's next. brought the 22/250 up from the safe to keep handy for awhile.

on the plus side i see my pair of geese are back and will raise their brood like they have now for several years in the creek behind the house. it's funny watching the barn cats stocking them the odd time until the geese put the run on them.

shag766 · Foxboro On Rod-side Member

admin wrote:
I know it was the smell of "WYNNE" drifting across the land.. kind of a really stinking liberal smell???? .. I think I got a wiff way up here in The Southern end of the Province...

this broad has pretty much sickened me on politics anymore with her blatant vote buying and shoving it in my face, opened up my ontario hydro bill this week and just shook my head. the whole format has changed to the billing and now it is all about how much money i saved over last years bill for the same period, meanwhile the ship is sinking by gazillions. oh yea i forgot, another buck an hour next year if i win. W.T.F.

with trump dropping the corporate tax rate down there and the price of our hydro we will start to feel this before too long, it is inevitable.

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oh yea, haven't seen a robin yet but my geese are back. lmao

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And the Tundra Swans are @ the Aylmer wildlife viewing area at the Ontario Police College

junior

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https://darwinkent.smugmug.com/Birds/Tundra-Swans-at-AWMA-/ S P R I N G

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Redwing Blackbirds and Buffelhead ducks.

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58chev · Etobicoke On Rod-side Member

Been hearing the redwinged in my area lately

thank Darwin for the photos.

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58chev wrote:
Been hearing the redwinged in my area lately

thank Darwin for the photos.

Will do

junior

toomuchjunk · Mar 6, 2018

Where I live we have several large ponds with lots of Geese. Every year when the couples get in the family way they like to wonder and graze on our front and side lawn. The grazing started this afternoon. It won't be long before they will look like this picture from a previous year

red-oak · St.Marys Ont -Rod Side Member

good to see you post Rick how is you knee doing??? I might need to get a hand from you and Parklane to hold chuck down well they change his knee out and place a grease fitting in it later this year

toomuchjunk · Mar 6, 2018

It' coming along. IMO to have this done a person needs to have help 24/7. For the first two weeks I couldn't do anything by myself.

TMJ

admin · Mar 6, 2018

you are scaring the hell out of me.. I am a sissy.. I do not get along well with pain.. I can still feel the pain from my flesh eating leg.. Last year at this time I was just a couple weeks from ending up in hospital..Not going to forget that for a bit.. my knee only hurts if I move .. If I am laying in my pine box it doesn't hurt a bit.. I would rather the Wynne liberals win the election than get my knee replaced.. Why can't they just put you to sleep for 2 weeks and set up a machine to attach your foot to a small electric tricycle wheel to keep it moving.. just wake me when I can run and play with my friends..and my toys...

Image result for knee replacement gif .

Think I might wait till I am a bit older.. biggrin

toomuchjunk · Mar 6, 2018

Chuck it' not the pain in fact there isn't a lot. It's the feeling useless.

Pain is definitely not the issue I just don't like not being able to do anything.

Sorry Junior for derailing your post.

TMJ

red-oak · St.Marys Ont -Rod Side Member

Heather is setting up our guest room as we speak 2wks no prob

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jarvis1 · Vancouver Island Formerly Hamilton Ont

Robins and hummingbirds are here all year round.
Deer visit every night for COB that I put out. "Corn, Oats, Barley"
Two ducks come over also.
Now there is a seagull that bangs on the kitchen skylight and I toss him a piece of bread.
Country living. I like it.

Junior · Race starter St.Thomas Drags Rod-side Aylmer On Member

jarvis1 wrote:
Robins and hummingbirds are here all year round.
Deer visit every night for COB that I put out. "Corn, Oats, Barley"
Two ducks come over also.
Now there is a seagull that bangs on the kitchen skylight and I toss him a piece of bread.
Country living. I like it.

NICE! I need more of that.

junior

shag766 · Foxboro On Rod-side Member

admin wrote:
you are scaring the hell out of me.. I am a sissy.. I do not get along well with pain.. I can still feel the pain from my flesh eating leg.. Last year at this time I was just a couple weeks from ending up in hospital..Not going to forget that for a bit.. my knee only hurts if I move .. If I am laying in my pine box it doesn't hurt a bit.. I would rather the Wynne liberals win the election than get my knee replaced.. Why can't they just put you to sleep for 2 weeks and set up a machine to attach your foot to a small electric tricycle wheel to keep it moving.. just wake me when I can run and play with my friends..and my toys...
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Think I might wait till I am a bit older..

been meaning to ask how your leg is coming chuck, just waiting for the right intro. i thought it was bone infection not that dreaded flesh eating thing. anyway how is it coming along? you are right about never forgetting that pain, ever. i was at the dentist a couple of days ago for some work that i couldn't mail in, lol, and mentioned my fear of another bone infection and why so he gave me 2 penicillin pills and a script for a mild dose for a week for prevention. you will never forget it, ever. well maybe if you do forget it there will be lots of other stuff you for forget also. i hear the same as tmj on the knee job, not that much pain and a lot less than before the op.

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58chev · Etobicoke On Rod-side Member

Great shots of the horned owl and chicks

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Offset · Haliburton Ont Member

Some great pictures and stories to remind us that SPRING is hopefully almost here. Wolves are a concern up here as well, very wary of them when walking the little beasties.

The deer population seemed to disappear this winter, typically we would see a number of them every day. However in the last week or so they are back, eight of them in the backyard eating what they could find.

One year we had three very little ones that had no adult with them. They got so used to seeing the dogs and I they would literally go nose to nose with the dogs. Neither the deer nor the dogs seemed to have any fear of each other. Sadly only one of the little ones survived the winter. Nothing against hunting but I just could not shot one, it would bother me forever.

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But we are still WAITING!

51 Styline · Niagara Falls Member

Seems the install is stalled. Must be using a Bell system.

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shag766 · Foxboro On Rod-side Member

couple of ground hogs today for the first this year.

58chev · Etobicoke On Rod-side Member

First American Goldfinch showed up on the weekend.

Come on Spring...

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Not sure if they are passing through or residents? Seen on Lake Lisgar Tillsonburg Ont. thanks Darwin! 001-2 (4).jpg 002 (7).jpg 003 (2).jpg 004 (2).jpg

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58chev · Etobicoke On Rod-side Member

Beautiful shots of the Loons, ThanX Darwin.

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On the feeder ORIOLE

58chev · Etobicoke On Rod-side Member

Nice, I have been keeping an eye out for the Oriole's to arrive.

Beans · Courtice On Rod-Side Member Pin Striper

I'm not much of a birder - but I like seeing birds. I think I may have seen a Golden Eagle this morning (or apparently could have been a young bald eagle). But man that thing was HUGE!!! I swear it was damn near 3ft tall. Perched on a chimney. Wish I had gotten a photo!

Junior · Race starter St.Thomas Drags Rod-side Aylmer On Member

Beans wrote:
I'm not much of a birder - but I like seeing birds. I think I may have seen a Golden Eagle this morning (or apparently could have been a young bald eagle). But man that thing was HUGE!!! I swear it was damn near 3ft tall. Perched on a chimney. Wish I had gotten a photo!

You probably did Beans, they are making a comeback all over. Or it was a Turkey Vulture warming up in the sun/chimney heat.

junior

Beans · Courtice On Rod-Side Member Pin Striper

Junior wrote:
Beans wrote:
I'm not much of a birder - but I like seeing birds. I think I may have seen a Golden Eagle this morning (or apparently could have been a young bald eagle). But man that thing was HUGE!!! I swear it was damn near 3ft tall. Perched on a chimney. Wish I had gotten a photo!
You probably did Beans, they are making a comeback all over. Or it was a Turkey Vulture warming up in the sun/chimney heat.

junior

Very confident it was not a turkey vulture, pretty familiar with those - see them all the time.

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