# Spring has sprung, the birds are singing...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/41 "2007-03-14T22:13:41Z")

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I know it’s spring because I no longer have any skin on my right knee. And it hurts.

Every year I feel obligated to perform an interpretive dance for a randomly-selected set of neighbors, entitled “Why I am Much Better Suited to Running on Nice Safe Treadmills, Rather Than Bumpy, Treacherous Outdoor Surfaces”.

_sigh_ An afternoon of beautiful, sunny, mid-70-degree weather, wasted…

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**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/42 "2007-03-14T23:25:51Z")

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Today had two surprises: unseasonable warmth (about 70 degrees F), and the bird singing its idiot head off when I woke two hours before sunrise was not the usual robin, but a mourning dove. Damn bird, I lay in bed muttering, learn to spell; you’re not THAT kind of morning bird.

Why do ANY birds sing two hours before sunrise, anyway? I can’t imagine any other birds are flying around looking for nookie or a fight when it’s still dark out. So what exactly is the point?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-has-sprung-the-birds-are-singing/395576/43 "2007-03-14T23:26:32Z")

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I know it’s spring because …

… I didn’t turn up the heat (kept at 60 except for a couple of hours in the evening) when I got home from work.

Oh, and the fact that it went up into the 70s today.

(And, yeah, snow is in the forecast, but I don’t care, because it’s spring.)

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