"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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Farm1 wrote:
Well the weather is still cold but I notice that birds now have
nesting material in their beaks and when separating a rhubarb today,
there are faint stirrings in the all sorts of things amongst the
perennial veg.
Not too long now till Spring (I hope).

Looks like being early here too,

I was listening to a weatherman reporting that this winter looks like it
might be a record breaker for higher temps and a snow shortage (in terms of
depth and period of coverage) for the Mountains. Poor snow bunnies ;-P

the birds are all getting frisky, the
butcherbirds are calling (beautiful) and the swallows fly in to inspect
the interior of the shed for nesting potential whenever the door is open.

:-)) I love the bird aqctivity in Spring (except for the ******g Currawongs
which I hate with a passion).

And today I was thrilled to see a flock of about 40 yellow tailed Black
Cockatoos!!!!! Such majestic birds wheeling round and screeching.

A couple of asparagus spears have popped already. So far no fruit trees
have flowered which is good as there wouild be a big risk of a late frost.

Indeedy! I must check my asparagus tomorrow.