tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post8031229878596696483..comments2023-10-18T04:26:36.875-04:00Comments on Roundtop Ruminations: Out of the blizzard!Carolyn Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-86578895930531952162016-02-03T11:50:48.279-05:002016-02-03T11:50:48.279-05:00Scott: The Harrisburg snowfall average is 39"...Scott: The Harrisburg snowfall average is 39", so I'm going to need another 8 inches this winter to get to average. But that big blizzard certainly made up for the lack of snow in December and most of January! Robins were here in droves before the storm and still here, but in much reduced numbers, now. It's a funny winter.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-25724066357038829562016-02-03T11:34:29.639-05:002016-02-03T11:34:29.639-05:00Carolyn: I've been lax about keeping up "...Carolyn: I've been lax about keeping up "It Just Comes Naturally," too. I get depressed in the winter (SADD?) and lack motivation, and there's also not much of note to post about right now. We got "only" 20 inches of snow (that was enough for me for the rest of the winter), but most of it's gone now since we've had sun and very moderate temperatures lately. Philadelphia's average annual total snowfall is 22 inches, so we all but got the average in one storm this year. However, I also reviewed the list of the 10 largest snowfalls every recorded in Philadelphia, and 7 of the 10 have occurred in the last 28 years, so clearly there's an upward trend in record snowfalls--probably a result of climatic changes associated with global warming. I hadn't been feeding birds at my feeder before the storm, but I certainly stocked it up to help them when the snow came. I, too, have had nothing particularly unusual, but I did have a large flock of female Red-winged Blackbirds (at least 30 individuals) who returned too early, and I had one Fox Sparrow and one Eastern Towhee. I'm glad I was able to help them through the storm. We've got a lot of American Robins around; after they stripped the crabapples and winterberry hollies, I have no idea what they're eating. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.com