[at-l] y'all

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Here in central Florida, azaleas are blooming early, as are citrus trees.  It's been an extremely mild and dry winter.

In the woods, Carolina yellow jessamine vine is in full bloom.  The little trumpet-shaped flowers smell like baby powder, and if the vine is dense enough, you can catch the scent as you hike.

Later this week I'm going to check to see if rose pegonia (an orchid) is in bloom yet.  It's right along the Florida Trail not too far from where I live.

Joan



-----Original Message-----
From: Tom McGinnis <sloetoe at yahoo.com>
To: RockDancer <rockdancer97 at comcast.net>; at-l <at-l at backcountry.net>
Cc: Melissa Stratton <melstratton at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sat, Feb 25, 2012 11:05 am
Subject: Re: [at-l] y'all


Here in Indianer the crocuses are all in their March glory, and last weekend, in 
 fold in the woods with a little manmade dam/lake arrangement, as the sun left 
 sheltered shoreline (and with some ice still in the corner), a spring peeper 
iped in. *Total* music, mannnn.
nd if I knew my birds better (subst. "at all"), I could tell you who was going 
o town outside my window the other bright, sunny morning, in fine April/May 
ashion.
Okay, so, not having a *real* winter sucks but, that's not to say there're not 
psides, too....
seasonaltoe
--- On Sat, 2/25/12, RockDancer <rockdancer97 at comcast.net> wrote:
> This winter is a warm one so the Merrimack hasn't frozen over in NH. When it 
oes the eagles move downriver to Mass to fish, sometimes
 they are confined to just the portion where the river meets the ocean at
 Newburyport. So until last Sunday I had not much hope of seeing eagles. But 
here they were in together following the river upstream, nice.
 
 The same day I also saw what I now consider to be our first Spring birds - the 
urkey Vultures. There were dozens of sightings here last weekend. Next in line 
ill be the Red-winged Blackbirds. So contrary to the "Robins of Spring" notion 
we have Robins all winter) the bird watching here is perhaps more Gary Larson 
omical - "The Vultures are Here! Yay!
 
 --Arthur
 
 -----Original Message-----
 Behalf Of Felix J
 Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 9:24 AM
 To: at-l
 Subject: [at-l] y'all
 
 If ya ain't, y'all should be watchin' the eagles.....or, at
 least checkin' them once in a while. It's pretty amazing...
 
 http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles
 
 --
 Felix J. McGillicuddy
 ME-->GA '98
 "Your Move"
 ALT '03 KT '03
 http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/
 
 
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