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05-29-2013, 09:59 AM
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Have you seen any? A FB friend who lives in Springfield VA is complaining about them, but I haven't even seen one yet.
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05-29-2013, 01:11 PM
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If they come around here, we have a invasion of fbb's * to gobble them up.
*fucking blackbirds - grackles or starlings, I can never tell. But they are loud and have bullied all my beloved sparrows and finches away
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06-06-2013, 07:58 AM
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Not sure if this will work, the preview isn't working. The vimeo link is: http://player.vimeo.com/video/66688653
Cool video on cicadas. The latest map I saw shows that we aren't going to get any cicadas here, but if I take a half hour drive, I'll be deep in cicada country. |
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06-06-2013, 09:18 AM
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Gosh, Glatt, that's beautiful.
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06-06-2013, 09:28 AM
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I'm sorry we aren't getting any of them here. They are very interesting.
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06-06-2013, 01:31 PM
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Yes, the photography throughout is remarkable.
I learned several things... * triliums grow in more places than just Oregon ! ... (here I thought PDX was so special ) * the eggs are laid up in the tree branches * the cacophony lasts for just a couple of weeks ... ( in Iowa years ago I could not imagine living with it for very long ) |
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06-06-2013, 08:59 PM
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thanks for the video fellas
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05-28-2017, 09:39 AM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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Apparently a subset of 17-year cicadas come out 4 years early. Four more years 'til the big one, but even this small subset is making a lot of noise in my neighborhood.
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05-28-2017, 11:40 AM
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Yeah. It's weird.
Lots of them here too. Is this normal? Or is the weird weather confusing them? I saw an amazing nature show on PBS last night that had very good footage of the cicada life cycle. I always wondered what those tiny little worms the size of a sesame seed ate for 17 years while they were underground to grow into a full sized cicada. Apparently it's tree sap sucked from the roots of the trees they drop out of when they hatch. |
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05-28-2017, 12:18 PM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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Apparently four years early is the most common deviation from 17.
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05-28-2017, 12:21 PM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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Low quality audio from my window in this video.
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05-28-2017, 02:00 PM
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We got nothing here in good ol' south central. Thankfully.
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