# I just saw the 1st sign of Spring **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135 "2015-03-16T18:48:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/1 "2015-03-16T18:48:56Z")
An Anoli Lizard … Rather thin and dark to soak up the sunlight… We have these,Geckos,Striped Racers(may not be their real name) and Scaly Fence Lizards… Usually there are baby lizards on my flowers,eating the bugs:) ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/2 "2015-03-16T19:33:03Z")
Our dog-walking meet-up group passed by some wetlands yesterday and the eerie warbling trill of the spring peepers (frogs) was so loud you’d almost want earplugs! I’ve had a hard time believing this spring would come, but they feel it in every fiber of their bodies! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/3 "2015-03-16T19:41:37Z")
I was just out in my front yard picking up branches and sticks that the winter storms knocked down, and I noticed a bunch of daffodils poking up thru the mulch! WOOHOO!! And I’ve seen some robins, including one poor bird that was smashed into the grill of a car. So sad when robins resort to suicide by car… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/4 "2015-03-16T19:56:26Z")
Fuuuuuuck. We’re still well under a few feet of snow. I heard birds on the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/5 "2015-03-16T19:59:20Z")
People are asking me how to get to the Red Sox or Twins stadium. Must be spring. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/6 "2015-03-16T21:00:43Z")
How about 81 degrees? Is it Spring yet? (Or Summer?) ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/7 "2015-03-16T21:07:43Z")
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**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/8 "2015-03-16T22:38:51Z")
We woke up yesterday to ducks in the pool! That’s the surest sign here that spring is nigh! ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/9 "2015-03-16T23:42:00Z")
I looked out the kitchen window last week, and counted 11 robins in one tree. I think they were a bit confused. It seems too early. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/10 "2015-03-17T12:00:07Z")
Around here robins stick around all winter, so they’re not really a harbinger of spring for me. In fact my wife gets annoyed every time I point out a robin in the dead of winter and exclaim “Look! It’s the first robin of spring!” I heard the frogs when I came out of work yesterday, so yeah that’s a good sign spring is here. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/11 "2015-03-17T13:28:04Z")
Okay, how about this? The Goldfinches (male) are just starting to get their brilliant summer yellow color. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/12 "2015-03-17T14:28:06Z")
In my part of California I think we’re headed straight into summer. Years ago I spent the first weekend of Spring in Yosemite cross-country skiing along Glacier Point Road. I was in Yosemite last weekend --it was 82 degrees in the Valley and the Badger Pass ski area has been closed for lack of snow. ---
**Author:** ![slightly\_askew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/13 "2015-03-17T17:22:36Z")
The snowdrops are finally blooming. I think some years we’ve seen them as early as January. Oh, and sparrows are building their annual nest on our front porch. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/14 "2015-03-17T18:34:55Z")
For anyone who wants to hear the spring peepers, I have a brief sound recording [here](https://flic.kr/p/rDL9HU). ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/15 "2015-03-17T19:44:04Z")
Yep I hear frogs/toads in swampy/pond areas, and my sister has crocuses blooming. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/16 "2015-03-17T19:51:05Z")
My wife has started sniffling and sneezing, a sure sign of spring! Or fall… ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/17 "2015-03-17T21:26:39Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > Die, snow! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! > > AH HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Hence my UserName. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/18 "2015-03-17T22:27:59Z")
Noticed several road-killed skunks. I’ve been told that is a sign of spring. I guess that means they are out of hibernation or it’s their mating season or something. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/19 "2015-03-18T00:59:06Z")
I planted over 200 spring flower bulbs last fall. Daffodil, hyacinth, crocus, iris and tulip of many varieties. I can’t wait until they start popping up. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135/20 "2015-03-18T01:16:44Z")
No, no, it goes, _Roadkill has its seasons Just like anything, It’s possums in the autumn, And it’s farm cats in the spring_ [right]— Tom the Zoologist Waits[/right] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-1st-sign-of-spring/715135.md?page=2)