Please show me reminders that spring will someday be here.

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Please show me reminders that spring will someday be here.

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So, I basically spent the weekend sleeping because I couldn't be arsed to do anything else. I've barely been outdoors since the end of January, as we've had two blizzards with a couple of snowstorms in between and there is no place to go in Boston. It's gray, it's cold, and I'm very vitamin D deprived.

Spring will come, won't it? Please? Could you please show me pretty reminders of what I'll see in spring?

Thank you!

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I'll get myself started.

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I've almost forgotten what the color green looks like! Thank you!
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I'm just going to keep adding to it, this is therapeutic for me too. Negative 4 degrees tonight, yeah buddy!
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I agree! Those posts are very therapeutic. It's hard to imagine Spring is nearby, but slight signs are optimistic. There's been some cool "Herps with Wings" about however.

ImageNorthern Mockingbird by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

ImageRed-shouldered Hawk by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

ImageFemale Northern Pintail and Female Mallard by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

ImageCackling Goose by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

ImageEastern Bluebird by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

ImageRough-legged Hawk by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

Here's some more Spring related pictures

ImageCrocus Flowers by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

ImageNorthern Brown Snake - Storeria dekayi dekayi by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

ImageDSC01410 by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

ImageEastern Garter Snake by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

ImageDSC01492 by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

ImageBlack-throated Green Warbler by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

ImageGray Catbird by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

ImageDSC01620 by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr
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Early season flipping:

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Cherry blossoms:

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Racer kisses:

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The first jeff movements in Indiana of last year were happening about a year ago...but as of now it looks like we will have a late migration over here as well.

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I don't have any pictures to contribute at the moment but something I plan on doing soon is take pictures of my herping spots completely covered in snow so I can compare it to a contrasting summer pic later.

My god...now that I've written that down, it sounds incredibly boring.
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Kyle from Carolina wrote:I don't have any pictures to contribute at the moment but something I plan on doing soon is take pictures of my herping spots completely covered in snow so I can compare it to a contrasting summer pic later.

My god...now that I've written that down, it sounds incredibly boring.
I have some photos like that. Maybe it is incredibly boring to some, but it doesn't stop me from doing it.
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The harbingers in the Northeast:

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Mc herper, you made my day w the bloodroot shot! So anxiously awaiting the snow to melt so they will pop open in my yard. Cute milk, pg county?
I grew up in Montgomery county on the dc line. Milks were an obsession during my teen years ;)
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Love those sylvaticus!

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pete wrote:Mc herper, you made my day w the bloodroot shot! So anxiously awaiting the snow to melt so they will pop open in my yard. Cute milk, pg county?
I grew up in Montgomery county on the dc line. Milks were an obsession during my teen years ;)
Glad to hear that I made your day! I am happy that someone appreciated it.

The milk was from Somerset County, New Jersey, and was my first milk. I owe many thanks to the only herper who I met on this forum who was willing to take me ( a new herper on this forum) into the field to see it!

I can see why milks can become an obsession. They are strikingly beautiful and very interesting.
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ZantiMissKnit wrote: Racer kisses:

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Good grief, that's a big one!
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He wasn't happy; we interrupted he and his mate.

This was also my first-ever racer bite. Go big or go home! I did get one on my fingertip, however, which hurt much, much more.
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Now there's a hardy frog!
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here are some of the first breeders!
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BIG NIGHT! Oh, I can't wait!
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let me clarify these are some of the first species to breed I took those pics last year
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