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Backyard Almanac: "almost exactly normal"

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May 3, 2019

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April is in the rear view mirror and Larry Weber says was "as normal as possible"; that is, except for a couple of strange sightings at his feeder this week. More about Ruby-crowned Kinglets here and Redpolls here. And for some phenology about phenology, here's what we were talking about last year at this time.

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May 3, 2019

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Phenology with Northern Minnesota naturalist Larry Weber every Friday morning at 8:20 on Northland Morning on KUMD in Duluth, MN. Have a question for Larry Weber? Email us and you might hear his answer on the show!

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Backyard Almanac: a whole bunch of firsts: It's March 1st, the first day of spring according to the meteorological calendar, and once upon a time (prior to 45 BCE), it was the first day of the year. But call it what you want, if nocturnal animals like flying squirrels are wandering around in the by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: Hawk Ridge spring migration count has begun somewhere other than Hawk Ridge: The Hawk Ridge Spring Migration Count has begun ... just don't look for it at Hawk Ridge. Oh, and Larry Weber isn't where you expect him, either. He's off to an Undisclosed Location, and we're delighted to welcome John Richardson, the count interpreter, by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: A is for April and A is for "anything": The return of win-sprin (or "sprinter," if you like), snow, wind, thundersnow with hail ... it's April in the Northland. Interested in phenology about phenology? Here's what Larry was talking about last year at this time: by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: "April can be kind of a weird month": Our first-half-of-the-month-bears-no-resemblance-to-the-second-half-of-the-month pattern continues, with March setting a record of -19 at the onset and ending up with an average temperature in the 30s. Will April be any less erratic? Probably not. In 2013 by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: lakers may have to wait a while: Phenologist Sparky Stensaas has been keeping journals and recording events in the natural world since he moved here in 1981. Flipping back through the pages, he saw entries for the first laker leaving Duluth under the lift bridge: 1997, March 20 ... 1999, by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: "in a week or so, it will be unrecognizable": There's that time at the end of November where everything freezes up rock-hard and you know the deep freeze of winter has begun. Then there is that time in the spring where all the ice lets go and everthing opens up. This is then. Read more about Larry by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: Larry returns to redpolls (finally) and half the snowpack: Piles of dispirited, dirty snow. Sand and grit on roads and sidewalks. Flotsam beached by the receeding snowpack. But Larry Weber, like his beloved redpolls, has returned to the Northland like a harbinger of Spring, and he has a lot more cheerful signs of by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: "almost exactly normal": April is in the rear view mirror and Larry Weber says was "as normal as possible"; that is, except for a couple of strange sightings at his feeder this week. More about Ruby-crowned Kinglets here and Redpolls here. And for some phenology about phenology, by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: the month of flood and fire: Larry Weber and the National Weather Service agree: it's a "nice healthy melt" in the Northland for the most part. But April, he reminds us, is not just a month of floods; since nothing is really greened-up yet, it can also be a month of fire danger. by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: Snow is "officially" gone and greening begins: Now that the snow is "officially" gone (according to the Weather Service), spring is heading into high gear. Naturalist and author Larry Weber observes that early flowers are waking, catkins are appearing in trees, and many interesting birds and frogs are by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: "Records are made to be broken": The birds returned to the feeders this week, the green to the aspens and willows, and the spring ephemerals to the forest floor. Oh yeah, and it snowed, too. by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: warm weather snow and the week of four seasons by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: spiders in the daisies and other things that should be song titles: The universe's answer to broadcasting's "seven second delay" is aphelion and perihelion . The sun is closest to Earth about two weeks after the winter solstice in December (perihelion) and furthest from the earth about two weeks after the summer solstice. by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: A lot to see but, "Don't be in a hurry!": Naturalist Larry Weber reports the astonishing statistic that we've had more snow in May 2019 than either January 2019 or March 2019. by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: if spring moves north at 15 miles a day ... but it snows ...: Larry Weber is hanging out in southern Minnesota, where spring is in full swing. Actually, it was 85 yesterday; maybe summer has already started down there. by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: July is OWNED by fireweed and milkweed: Forget May; July is bustin' out all over! From summer frogs and turtles to flies (dragon-, butter-, and deer-) to berries and wildflowers, July is just begging for you to get out into the middle of it. And here's some phenology phenology (phenology about by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: Fern State Park and wildflowers galore: Maybe you can't leave right away to look for wildflowers with Larry Weber (or Bryan French , for that matter!), but here is a slideshow of many of the flowers Larry mentioned on his show today to tide you over. Bryan French is a phenologist, photographer by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: Summer is this morning at 10:54am. Don't miss it.: As we prepare to head into summer this morning (!), Larry reports that while the average temperature is colder than normal, so is the rainfall amount. Roadside flowers, ladyslipper orchids in abundance, berries and trees in bloom, and why you should be by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: "Records are made to be broken": The birds returned to the feeders this week, the green to the aspens and willows, and the spring ephemerals to the forest floor. Oh yeah, and it snowed, too. by Backyard Almanac
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10 min listen
Backyard Almanac: "in a week or so, it will be unrecognizable": There's that time at the end of November where everything freezes up rock-hard and you know the deep freeze of winter has begun. Then there is that time in the spring where all the ice lets go and everthing opens up. This is then. Read more about Larry by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: "April can be kind of a weird month": Our first-half-of-the-month-bears-no-resemblance-to-the-second-half-of-the-month pattern continues, with March setting a record of -19 at the onset and ending up with an average temperature in the 30s. Will April be any less erratic? Probably not. In 2013 by Backyard Almanac
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Backyard Almanac: "almost exactly normal"

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