[mbuster]

I'm sure winter is not over for most places, but a spring time event around here is the return of the purple martins. scouts usually arriving in mid-February. I usually have my houses ready to uncover as soon as we see the first and then I'll put my gourds up. This year I am going to get my gourds up and bedding material in them early. Last year we had very early arrivals and then the southern storm hit and a couple of birds didn't survive. This year I will have more straw in the gourds in case we get hit by another big freeze.

What major activities are awaiting y'all?

 

[itissteve]

What major activities are awaiting y'all?

Another 2-3 months of winter? It actually just hit 0*F now. They're calling for a low of -16*F tonight. Minnesotans don't pay attention to Groundhog Day because, shadow or now, we always have at least six more weeks of winter.

The big major activity, then is a non-terminal form of Swedish Death Cleaning. We've accumulated too much stuff from too many people and it's time for it to gooooooo....

 

[mbuster]

Well last year the first Purple Martins were a couple of weeks early, so far haven't seen or heard one. The bird houses and gourds are ready. The house pole with four gourds is raised, The two gourd racks are ready to be raised after we see a few. We have these gourd entrances taped off to keep out the sparrows.