Subject: signs of spring (pacific tree frogs)
Date: Feb 7 19:34:54 2000
From: Rob Saecker - rsaecker at thurston.com


>Member7179 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Don't forget 2 very important things we must get thru before spring is here:
>> February and March!

I think it's been mentioned on Tweeters before that some cultures mark the
change of seasons from the midpoint between solstice and equinox, rather
than on them. By that measure, spring started on Saturday, and to validate
that observation, I offer my favorite indicator: the Pacific Tree Frogs at
the local pond made their first attempts at chorusing on February 2nd, and
are now well into warm-ups for the big concert to come.

Rob Saecker
Olympia, WA
rsaecker at thurston.com