Lighter - warmer (a little) - greener (a lot). Time to start the annual dissuasive discussions with the phoebes that try to nest under the porch eaves each year. It takes vigilance as they’re very fast nest builders and we don’t have the heart to move them if they get to the egg laying stage. They’re cute little birds, but they get defensive once the eggs hatch and bop you in the head when you head out the door and then poop all over the porch. Ah, nature …
/giphy defensive bird
@stolicat funny. We end up with a nest right at the back door and one at the front. Usually 2 nestings each yr also. They don’t bother us except for all the yelling when the babes are there. We duck…sneak quietly in. Try not to rustle packages. You’d think we were burglars by the way we try to not disturb them when we go in and out of the house. I’ve actually recently moved out of that house now… still have it at the moment but no one is there to disturb the nests this spring. I actually built a better ledge for the nest they build under the front porch. It was a rather narrow spot they had and I was afraid the babies were going to fall out so I put a wider board across the corner a few yrs ago. (Although, a neighbor’s cat is always laying in wait for them)
@lseeber We do the same sneak protocol also - problem is their favorite site is right by the garden and other areas of the porch and lawn we use a lot, so we usually work a sort of truce. We watch the progress and when the first batch fledges we get real busy in that area to try and discourage the second clutch.
We have barn swallows who like to nest on top of the back porch light. They’ve never bothered us. It’s always so much fun to see the little ones attempt their first flights to the old telephone wire linked to the backside of the house. There they sit looking half asleep, but boy do they perk up when Mom or Dad fly onto the line with food!
@Barney@lseeber@OldCatLady@stolicat We had chimney swifts the year after our guard blew off. They drove me bananas. STFU little birds. I like them outside though.
@Barney@OldCatLady@sammydog01@stolicat Re: Chimney Swifts - lol… my daughter still hates birds to this day because they woke her up early in the morning when she was younger and trying to sleep in. They had nerve singing outside her window! I told her she must be the only person on earth that hates birds. So my husband bought her a bird clock.
Woo! People are still going to complain that it’s winter, even though we typically have snow in the spring. Because it’s suppose to magically become permanently nice, on the first day of Spring.
Ah, spring. Unfortunately, the last couple of years it has only lasted a couple of weeks before summer and 90 degree days were upon us. I miss being able to open the windows and not run the A/C.
@goldnectar Word has it they will soon institute daylight seasonal time, moving each season forward 3 months so that our deprived children can go skiing earlier and have spring break at Christmas.
Woo-Hoo. The calendar says Winter is over.
@rtjhnstn my heater hasn’t looked at a calendar lately.
Ummm, it’s Fall down under. Woo! Summer is over.
@hchavers Actually, I believe it is Autumn down under. Crikey!
@hchavers @macromeh
So, Vegemite is in season?
At least I don’t have to mow my lawn. yet!
@rtjhnstn ugh… I’m about to mow mine for the 2nd time already! Thinking…gravel yard.
@lseeber @rtjhnstn I let mine go too long; mowed last weekend. Now I get to do the back yard this weekend.
It is spring! Hi spring!
Boo. I wish it was cold.
@JT954 there is a remedy for that.
@hchavers @JT954 I can only get so naked.
Spring is just Fall in a wet T-Shirt contest. Yeah, it’s kinda hot, but it’s also soaked.
Now that winter is over I can’t help but wonder how many more I’ll see.
@Mothersnakes Well, that’s grim.
Yeah, around here all the weeds know that it’s Spring and are green & vigorous, but the real grass is still in Winter mode: brown & ‘dead’.
Lighter - warmer (a little) - greener (a lot). Time to start the annual dissuasive discussions with the phoebes that try to nest under the porch eaves each year. It takes vigilance as they’re very fast nest builders and we don’t have the heart to move them if they get to the egg laying stage. They’re cute little birds, but they get defensive once the eggs hatch and bop you in the head when you head out the door and then poop all over the porch. Ah, nature …
/giphy defensive bird
@stolicat funny. We end up with a nest right at the back door and one at the front. Usually 2 nestings each yr also. They don’t bother us except for all the yelling when the babes are there. We duck…sneak quietly in. Try not to rustle packages. You’d think we were burglars by the way we try to not disturb them when we go in and out of the house. I’ve actually recently moved out of that house now… still have it at the moment but no one is there to disturb the nests this spring. I actually built a better ledge for the nest they build under the front porch. It was a rather narrow spot they had and I was afraid the babies were going to fall out so I put a wider board across the corner a few yrs ago. (Although, a neighbor’s cat is always laying in wait for them)
@lseeber We do the same sneak protocol also - problem is their favorite site is right by the garden and other areas of the porch and lawn we use a lot, so we usually work a sort of truce. We watch the progress and when the first batch fledges we get real busy in that area to try and discourage the second clutch.
@lseeber @stolicat I have mockingbirds both in the back lot and front yard. I keep hats by every door and in the car. Damned flying dinosaurs.
@lseeber @OldCatLady @stolicat I don’t think I’ve ever seen a phoebe.
We have barn swallows who like to nest on top of the back porch light. They’ve never bothered us. It’s always so much fun to see the little ones attempt their first flights to the old telephone wire linked to the backside of the house. There they sit looking half asleep, but boy do they perk up when Mom or Dad fly onto the line with food!
@Barney @lseeber @OldCatLady @stolicat We had chimney swifts the year after our guard blew off. They drove me bananas. STFU little birds. I like them outside though.
@OldCatLady @stolicat Re: Mockingbirds - haha… I have a couple of those at the house I’m in now. They like to hog the suet feeders.
@Barney @OldCatLady @sammydog01 @stolicat Re: Chimney Swifts - lol… my daughter still hates birds to this day because they woke her up early in the morning when she was younger and trying to sleep in. They had nerve singing outside her window! I told her she must be the only person on earth that hates birds. So my husband bought her a bird clock.
Woo! People are still going to complain that it’s winter, even though we typically have snow in the spring. Because it’s suppose to magically become permanently nice, on the first day of Spring.
Ah, spring. Unfortunately, the last couple of years it has only lasted a couple of weeks before summer and 90 degree days were upon us. I miss being able to open the windows and not run the A/C.
It’s been that way in Alabama since I’ve been here…since '76. 2 weeks without heat or air conditioning.
Love spring, love the summer, but oh crap, that means winter is coming again.
I’m just biding my time until Halloween
Oh no! Who can tell what season it is anymore?
@goldnectar Word has it they will soon institute daylight seasonal time, moving each season forward 3 months so that our deprived children can go skiing earlier and have spring break at Christmas.
Saw the first ant of the season in my kitchen today.
@sammydog01 I think our ants drowned. My backyard (and my mom’s) is still underwater.
@Barney That’s why they come inside. Little fuckers.
Sneeze season, but lovely. Floral animation here