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It’s officially Autumn
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We've noticed some of these guys starting their trip south a few weeks early. I wonder if the early flights signal an early winter. The flocks usually start in October and peak in late November.
(Photo taken in Jasper County, IN., mid-October a few years back. As many as 30,000 Sandhill Cranes gather at sunset to catch up on the latest news, gossip and location of the best bugs)
(Photo taken in Jasper County, IN., mid-October a few years back. As many as 30,000 Sandhill Cranes gather at sunset to catch up on the latest news, gossip and location of the best bugs)
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One more note about these harbingers of autumn. The Sandhill cranes I see during migration around here are normally real skittish. They're up and away if you approach within about 100 feet. The Sandhills I see in Florida, the permanent residents, seem to totally ignore people. They almost push you out of their way as they poke around for bugs. This article reports a really unusual encounter for northern Illinois.
Woman Tries To Help Giant Bird Standing In Street — And He Follows Her Home
Woman Tries To Help Giant Bird Standing In Street — And He Follows Her Home
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I love winter! I could live with an eternal winter!Agreed but I could do with shorter winters.
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Downunder here - we could do with shorter summers.Agreed but I could do with shorter winters.
It's spring here, but we don't really have much of an autumn or spring being subtropical.
Melbourne on the other hand has a reputation for having four seasons in one day. One lady from Melbourne told me she had the heater on for Christmas Day half a dozen times, and that's the middle of summer.
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I haven't seen any migrating Canadian geese yet, but they usually don't start moving in a big way until October.
In the meantime, the sassafras trees and the milkweeds are all blazing yellow already, as are some of the ferns; most of the bracken is already brown and crispy---they don't survive a few cool nights. Some of the sugar maples are bright red, and the sumac and burning bush are getting there. My wife's Rose of Sharon bush out beside the garage a few days ago had yellow leaves and bright blue blooms on it---the last of summer and the beginning of fall, LOL.
Today it's dark and gloomy out there, rain off and on, and it's supposed to be that way for the rest of the week. In my experience, that's usually a sign that it's going to get the ground good and soaked, and then turn off chilly afterwards---typical autumn behavior. I haven't seen or heard too many songbirds lately, either, come to think of it---they've probably started moving south as well.
In the meantime, the sassafras trees and the milkweeds are all blazing yellow already, as are some of the ferns; most of the bracken is already brown and crispy---they don't survive a few cool nights. Some of the sugar maples are bright red, and the sumac and burning bush are getting there. My wife's Rose of Sharon bush out beside the garage a few days ago had yellow leaves and bright blue blooms on it---the last of summer and the beginning of fall, LOL.
Today it's dark and gloomy out there, rain off and on, and it's supposed to be that way for the rest of the week. In my experience, that's usually a sign that it's going to get the ground good and soaked, and then turn off chilly afterwards---typical autumn behavior. I haven't seen or heard too many songbirds lately, either, come to think of it---they've probably started moving south as well.
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No reds or yellows here yet. Been watching my hummingbird feeders and I think they started migrating. They’ve really thinned out. Will most likely take them all down this weekend.
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