# Spring has sprung, the birds are singing... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576 "2007-03-12T10:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/1 "2007-03-12T10:40:29Z")
Hey! The birds are singing! Spring has sprung! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/2 "2007-03-12T12:16:50Z")
Spring is here, spring is here, all is skittles and all is beer . . . . ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/3 "2007-03-12T15:59:04Z")
We got birds tweeting and twirting, nests being built next to the front door, bats fluttering and squeaking in the chimney, and somewhere, tiny frogs are chirping. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/4 "2007-03-12T16:03:59Z")
I was hoping for about 8-12 weeks of more winter-I want to go skiing! man, What i would give for a 12’ snowfall, and 20 degree temperatures! Blast your birds and frogs-I want blue shies, snow, and 209-degree temperatures! Soon it will be hot and muggy-and i’ll dream about crisp winter days…and punging down power-covered slopes! Will October ever come again? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/5 "2007-03-12T16:21:23Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] …I want blue shies, snow, and 209-degree temperatures! Soon it will be hot and muggy- [/QUOTE] Okay – “hot” compared to 209 degrees would be what, exactly? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/6 "2007-03-12T16:37:59Z")
Are the UPS guys/gals wearing shorts yet? …or is that when summer begins? ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/7 "2007-03-12T16:38:57Z")
I can tell that it’s spring because the temperatures have gone back up to the 80 degree mark already and the trees are busy pollinating all the cars in town. Joy. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/8 "2007-03-12T16:40:17Z")
I hate you. :: from the land of snow that melts when it feels like it, which is not much, right now :: ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/9 "2007-03-12T16:44:42Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Okay – “hot” compared to 209 degrees would be what, exactly? 😛 [/QUOTE] He must mean 209 degrees Rankine. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/10 "2007-03-12T16:47:43Z")
Listening to birds singing was ruined for me when I realized that all you’re hearing is “I’m horny and single!” and “This is mine! Stay away!”. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/11 "2007-03-12T16:51:35Z")
Dagblammed woodpeckers are back, next thing you know those noisy LBB’s will be screaming their evil hearts out at 5:30AM, then evenings will be spent adjusting the sprinkler system and keeping the swamp-cooler running, followed by allergy filled weekends doing yardwork. But at least the temps will be too high to sleep comfortably. I like thunderstorms, so that sometimes makes this half of the year bearable ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/12 "2007-03-12T16:56:33Z")
It’s been gorgeous here in Chicago for a couple of days, but it’s all a nefarious tease. Friday is supposed to be down below freezing again. So mean. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/13 "2007-03-12T17:06:59Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] It’s been gorgeous here in Chicago for a couple of days, but it’s all a nefarious tease. Friday is supposed to be down below freezing again. So mean. [/QUOTE] I love how it’s supposed to be gorgeous weather for all of finals week, then freezing for spring break. Mother Nature has an awfully twisted sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/14 "2007-03-12T17:16:31Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Hey! The birds are singing! Spring has sprung! 🆒 [/QUOTE] Noisy little buggers are at it all day 😃 Tweet, tweet, chirp, bloody tweet 😛 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/15 "2007-03-12T17:16:40Z")
Did I mention my witch hazel is in bloom? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/16 "2007-03-12T17:17:41Z")
[QUOTE=hotflungwok] Listening to birds singing was ruined for me when I realized that all you’re hearing is “I’m horny and single!” and “This is mine! Stay away!”. [/QUOTE] I’ve got a cardinal in my yard. Other bird calls are the _Desiderata_ compared to this guy’s Hitler’s Nuremburg Rally Address of bird songs. It’s like the Michael Savage show in bird. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/17 "2007-03-12T17:30:17Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Did I mention my witch hazel is in bloom? [/QUOTE] Which hazel? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/18 "2007-03-12T18:22:24Z")
Sunday I heard two competing bird calls of a bird that comes in spring, so that cinched it for me. I have brought these birds to branches within three feet of my head, by calling them in. It’s a teratorial or mating song, so they check you out. Their about 2 inches from head to tail. Ma say two sandhill cranes at the marsh on Saturday. The daffodils are about two inches tall, and huge this year. I replanted hundreds two falls ago. This should be the first big pay off year. I trimmed shrubs on Sunday in shorts, so the spring fever is officialy on. I shoveled the deep snow down to a foot only on the iris beds today. No is when I need to clean up the grape vines and trim them. I can see what winter killed, and pull out vine pieces before the buds can be damage easily. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/19 "2007-03-12T18:38:47Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Did I mention my witch hazel is in bloom? [/QUOTE] I didn’t know it ever bloomed in spring. Is it a specific variety or just confused? I have a few plants that were confused last year. Miricle? Don’t read if you don’t want a slightly sad short miricle story. One year in late summer, I had flowering crab that bloomed on one branch the day of a friends baby’s funeral. I took him the branch and told him. He didn’t quite get how freakish it was that one branch on the tree bloomed in late summer, until a few months later after some of the shock wore off. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/20 "2007-03-12T18:40:48Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] I didn’t know it ever bloomed in spring. Is it a specific variety or just confused? I have a few plants that were confused last year. [/QUOTE] Nope, this is when it blooms – the only thing earlier than it are the snowdrops – it even beats the crocuses. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576.md?page=2)