Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The First Robin Has Landed in Montana!

YAY! The first Robin has showed up in my yard. She was hopping about from spot to spot looking for a worm or a bug.  That HAS to mean that spring is here. It's always the first sign here in Montana. And even though we have had a mild winter, I'm still very ready for spring. How about you? What's the first sign of spring where you live?

6 comments:

  1. The geese flying back north in endless waves. They have been flying for the past two nights. I figure that they must know something. It should rain tomorrow night and I'll be the wood frogs will be out singing and breeding. Always a fun trip to the shallow ponds with a headlamp.

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  2. Gordie and I like to watch a bit of TV at 4 pm on weekdays. The picture is quite clear through December, January, most of February... Then, one day, the sun will begin peeking through a window it hasn't seen since maybe last September. I have to drop the shade so I can watch the telly without sunglasses. The annual Shade Drop is my geeky little sign of Spring.

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  3. I just noticed that garlic shoots are poking up in our herb garden. Now I'm really juiced ;-)

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  4. Come to think of it, I've heard geese flying over the past few days also. But we have geese all year, so that's not a big sign for us. They'll be nesting on the pond soon and then we'll know that spring has come. But after Michael M. mentioned the garlic, I checked my lilies and they have just started to peek through the ground. Here comes the sun!

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  5. Karen, The Robins showed up here last week. I'm taking the winter tires off.

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  6. I just checked and my chives are coming up too. Looks like a steak and a baked potato with sour cream and chives coming soon. We have year round rat geese that were introduced. The canadas and snows are on their way home till next year.

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