First peep: April 5!! This is a day earlier than last year’s record. The temperatures have been around 8 to 10° C for the last few days with plenty of sun (but dropping to frosty temps overnight). Although we did have a whacky spring squall (and a snow day off school!) on April 4. I heard … Continue reading
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Spring Peepers 2021
First peep: April 6!! This is the earliest date yet for the peepers in our back yard — what’s more, friends have been hearing them along the Fauxburg Rd and in the Valley for more than a week already. Today’s temperature reached +13° C and that came after a very wet few days — perfect … Continue reading
Spring Peepers 2020
We’ve had a mild, sunny few weeks (give or take a few showery days) and we listened for peepers for a few nights before we heard them on April 13: a very average date for the last 10 years after a pretty middle-of-the-road winter. I need to do some more research on average daily temperature … Continue reading
Spring Peepers 2019
The first peep of 2019 was April 14. It was a glorious warm and sunny day 15 degree day today following a mild, rainy day yesterday. No surprise at all that the peepers were out tonight. Today was also the day the daffodils unfurled and the crocuses bloomed on the front lawn. But no … Continue reading
Peepers April 2018
Lily heard a spring peeper in the woods by school yesterday. It was a sunny day around 7 or 8 degrees. And our neighbour spotted mama robin flying into the nest by our back door with a beak full of dry grass. Spring is here. 👍 First peepers over the years (amazingly consistent except for … Continue reading
Spring is here!
It smells so wonderful today – of warm sunshine and dry grass and earth. And the birds are chirping en masse. The temperature today is above 20 and friends in town heard peepers last night. Expecting to hear some from our deck tonight – April 15. The crocuses are in flower, and the deer have … Continue reading
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