TX and LA

James Strickland FL · Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:59 am

Ya'll need to be looking up in the Sky. One of you too will be posting soon on the Scout Report.

dsonyay · Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:17 pm

My gourds were hung a couple hours ago.. just in case

Emil Pampell-Tx · Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:30 pm

I have been busy hanging gourds on the outside. All that I have seen is a bunch of starlings. Have put up 150, got 100 more gourds to go!

AnnieM · Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:53 pm

We have a huge storm arriving via the west coast, due to hit Tx Hill Country Tues & Wed. Also recalling the 3-day ice storm we had Feb 26-28 a few years back. Never got above freezing for 3 days. So hope they hold off at least til end of February for our area. I'll be happy reading about y'alls welcome home parties for a while longer.

Veronica G · Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:03 am

Gonna start adding pine straw to my housing this week. It's gonna be a busy week, but hopefully I can get at least one house up. My martins don't usually return until early February, but I'll be ready in case someone shows up early!

Veronica

Vern1 · Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:49 am

It was pretty nice here yesterday so I unplugged my gourds.
Not many starlings around so far this year but the SREHs are doing a good job.
Just gotta control the EHSs and I should be good go to.
Watching the weather and the fronts coming in from the South.

COME ON PURPLE....just not too soon!

apundt-TX · Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:59 am

Finally should be getting some much needed rain around here this week. newman said it has been over 100 days since we had over an inch of rain.
Projected to get 2 to 3 inches over the next couple of days.

It will be interesting to see if this low pressure system brings any martin in over the next week.

DornCounty · Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:08 am

we need rain too.. I don't know that we've gotten more than 5 inches since this time last year.

Louise Chambers · Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:37 am

Yes, the next couple of days look pretty good for rain, but we need more than we will get. Not complaining, though, as any rain will help provide insects for the martins later on.

The US drought monitor maps show how badly rain is needed from TX right up through the center of US, plus other areas too. http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

apundt-TX · Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:14 pm

ever little bit helps.

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/p168i.gif

rrmartins · Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:53 pm

Hey everyone.

They said three to five inches for us in two days. Wish it was 5 inches in 14 days.

DornCounty · Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:12 pm

Louise Chambers wrote:Yes, the next couple of days look pretty good for rain, but we need more than we will get. Not complaining, though, as any rain will help provide insects for the martins later on.

The US drought monitor maps show how badly rain is needed from TX right up through the center of US, plus other areas too. http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

Don't know what it takes to get to exceptional, but this drought is as bad as anyone under 60 can remember and that includes some tough times in the 80's.