We also use groundhogs as meteorological aids to forecast the arrival of spring over here. In Ohio, spring is basically a 2-3 month argument between winter and summer.
San Diego had "Christmas on the Prado," but now calls it "December Nights" for the same ridiculous reason, lest someone get offended besides Christians.
I wish the people in power cared less about naming things and did more to prevent people from being actually oppressed by the religious majority. The lip service to separation of church and state doesn't help many people.
@@rachelk4805 There are many places in our government where separation of church and state is genuinely needed, but doesn't exist, yet they focus on the dumb labels for things such as this.
My favorite things are seeing all the trees start putting out their leaves, the flowers and flowering bushes bloom, the butterflies and the fireflies coming out. The least thing I like about it is all the pollen.
I once heard it said that, while the European badger looks like it wants to invite you in to tea, the American badger looks like it wants to settle this right here, right now.
Brian May of Queen is involved with saving British wildlife, especially Badgers, Hedgies, and foxes. Btw, the European badges looks almost genteel and is willing to invite you over to his cottage for a cuppa and custard cremes. The American.... RUN!
Living in the Midwest, whenever I see daffodils and tulips they are the signs of Spring to me because they are some of the first things that bloom. They are such happy little flowers and bloom even before we have green on our trees so they are a promise to me of more green to come.
Don't see them out by me. Fist time I ever saw daffs was at the Morton Arboretum out near Naperville IL. My reaction? I turned to my hubby and yelled "AUTONS! RUN!!!"
If you're referring to the absurdly loud high-pitched frogs called "peeps" here, they're definitely not in trees when making that sound. That's what they do when seeking mates near bodies of water that will (in their estimation) last long enough to reproduce in. I get them in my front yard with vernal ponding from very heavy and/or prolonged rain.
I live in New Hampshire and we have 186 acres and we have coyotes, black bears, bull moose, bobcats, porcupines and lots of other wildlife including deer lol but I always look forward to seeing them every spring (though we see and hear the coyotes year round)
I lived in rural San Diego County and had rattlers, rats, & coyotes. Then I moved to much colder NE Arizona. No rattlers, but a lot more rats & coyotes to drive the dog crazy, when I'm trying to sleep. (Am I imagining it, or are the coyotes getting bolder, and venturing out in daylight more than they used to?)
@@elultimo102 Rhody here. Yes to the coyotes (some of ours are coywolves) out in the daytime. They're not really nocturnal, it's just that's the time that it's convenient for them, because they don't see as many humans.
@@katelinnett9020 I live in Bradford New Hampshire lol but my best friend lives in Manchester, thank you for sharing, I always love hearing from people who live in our state 😊❤
We have all of them except the moose, and I live in Nevada. I love listening to the coyotes and owls nearly every night hear round. We also have the occasional cougar, raccoon, and lots of skunks. I really do love it here. My kid isn't crazy about the coyotes and takes regular headcounts of all our cats who are ferals that chose to move in with us. They feel trapped if they cannot get out of the house, so we have a cat door (or cat flap), but we have arranged the garage to be easy entry for the cats but not so for the coyotes. In the spring, we also have to start searching the house with UV flashlights looking for scorpions.
The coyote in Chicago might very well have been a Coy-Wolf -- a hybrid of Coyote & Wolf that is appearing in and around a lot of American cities. Yes, the two species can and do interbreed. Canine horniness overcomes species differences every time.
I don't miss the siren tests from when we lived in Amarillo. They were just part of living at the air base. I just wish the tornadoes had stayed up there and not followed us when we moved South of Fort Worth. =)
At least you had sirens, Patricia. San Antonio, the 7th largest city, with very volatile weather, still can’t seem to find $ to install sirens. We’re always 10-15 years behind in EVERYTHING 🙄🤦🏼♀️
It was 69° today in the Seattle area. It was wonderful!!! And I have a phone video of a coyote in my backyard...and the crows chasing it off. It was hysterical.
Dandelions are sometimes called called pis en lit (Pee the bed) by the French on account of its diuretic effects when eaten. Wild ones are super bitter, but the French used to have several named varieties that they used for salad - often covering the plants for a few weeks prior to consumption to make the leaves pale coloured and less bitter.
Spring break here in TX is one week in mid March. Easter isn't even a long weekend. 3 weeks is crazy! But also, we don't have spring. It just fluctuates wildly between blue northers and stupid hot until hot wins out and we stock up for hurricane season.
My son was sad about our lack of hedgehogs when he was young, too. My favorite part of Spring is 3 months of allergy meds and inhalers from the pollen.
I wish my allergies were just 3 months. Allergy shots and a slue of three allergy meds daily, all year long. Im in my 5th year of shots and it aint working 😩
Hedgehogs carry salmonella, the way armadillos carry leprosy. Nothing the critters did wrong; it's just inherent to their species. (Just wash your hands and don't kiss them, even if you think they're cute---They are not puppies).
"It's not that we don't do those things, it's that we don't feel like we HAVE to." 20 years of growing up with american media and advertising can have that effect on us. Three words: Emm Tee Vee
My Spring thrill is when the hyacinths burst forth from the dark, cold earth, whether there’s snow on the ground or not!!! Thank you Laurence, for bringing other Spring delights to our attention!! 👍❤️
April showers bring Mayflowers (those big moving vans, not the plant). It used to be a tradition in the Chicago are many years ago, like the 1950s and 60s, that apartment leases started for a year on either May 1 or October 1 so there were mass migrations of moving then.
I live in South Carolina, I love the wildlife and flora. Deer, hawks, eagles and many other animals show up. Strawberries, Blueberries and many other flowers are blooming including my Roses. The down side is which pollen will kill you from allergies.
There is a TH-cam channel called "It's A Southern Thing" where they periodically make fake commercials. One of them was for The sounds of spring, which was basically the sound of a noisy thunderstorm punctuated by tornado sirens. As a native of Nashville I have to say, not that far off from reality!
@@micheledeetlefs6041 Yeah, watch IAST a lot, they're hilarious. That's definitely is pretty accurate. I live in East Texas and thankfully, my county was only in a watch for one of them(and we didn't get hit by anything) but we've already had 2 different tornado outbreaks and we're only 3 weeks into spring.
Every other day is a storm (maybe it only seems that) and a tornado warning or so. Luckily, so far, the tornado seems to hit the neighboring state and missing us.
Yep. In the South, springtime means tornado season. Our seasons are: Tornado season, Summer, Hurricane season, and Winter which begins tornado season, but are most active in Spring.
When I think of spring here I think of 2 things Crocuses and Robins. When they appear it's officially spring in NY! Also, we have a whole family of groundhogs that emerge here in the spring in NY about 30 mile north of NYC. I work from home and see them foraging for food in my backyard through my patio doors. They are really cute!
I have a wild garden here in the UK. I have 2 badgers that live out there and I leave food out for them every night. Have got hedgehogs too, but I've not seen them in a while. My neighbours have beautifully manicured gardens and use a lot of pesticides, so that might account for their decline here
Flowering dogwood trees are my favorite spring flowers. Many native varieties as well as species from other parts. In Portland, OR, entire areas may have dogwoods in the front yards or gardens flowering their woody hearts out.
Those of us in the northern tier of the country all the way from New England are often fooled by “nice” weather. It lasts 2-3 days. Then, winter re-asserts itself. 🤬☹️🥶
We have been hit by this in Michigan multiple times this year..... looks like spring for a day and then - WHAM- 3 days of winter.....snowing on the coast of MI right now.
I live in Portland, Oregon, and we had snow two days ago--enough to close a number of roads and streets because of the fallen trees or limbs (very high winds). In the higher elevations a lot of bus routes canceled; light rail could not run (again, downed trees).Latest date of measurable snow on record. Photos of the last of the cherry blossom hung with snow. and a few days before, it had hit 70 degrees! And I remember that one year when I lived in NYC, we had snow around May 10--in the 1960s. In that same decade, we had at least one April with temps. reaching 80. But I think that's the case in any area in the so-called temperate zone.
@@randlebrowne2048 😟 I have visited California and Arizona before. My nephew made me nervous on our way to the Grand Canyon taking a leak off the side of the road, because I started looking at all of the snake skins. And my niece wanted to go bouldering in Joshua Tree park when she was 6 months pregnant with her 1st baby . In June. I told her we should think about that. She said "why? I can climb boulders in my crocs, I have good balance!" I said "see those little shadows where the rocks meet? You might be able to survive it, but we don't know if the baby would."
@@LindaC616 Here in Texas, one of the first things we teach children is to *never* put your hands or feet anywhere that you cannot see. Never step (or reach) *over* a rock or log. Instead, step *on* it; then, when you step off, you'll likely be out of reach of anything that could be hiding under it.
I don't understand spring here in the UK. It was 18-19C here for a week...SUDDENLY...SNOW! I'm planning a trip to the US one day as I can't get it out of my head, but slightly put off by the severe lack of hedgehogs. Might have to re-think.
My favorite part of spring is seeing the jack rabbits come out more in the daytime. In the summer it gets too hot in the day and they try to minimize their time in the cold of winter. Autumn is hit and miss. Plus you get to see more kits in the Spring if you're lucky.
Here in the California Central Valley, we have two weeks each of spring and fall. Winter is 2-3 months (weather is what Lawrence would call "autumn") and the rest is summer. Temperature 90-115°.
In New Mexico. We don't have bluebonnets here. Or big spring thunderstorms. The only 2 things I miss about spring in Texas. We also don't have stifling heat and humidity. Thank God.
Here in Los Angeles, winter and early spring is when we have rain. When I was a kid, rain would sometimes last till May, but that hasn't happened in about 20 years. Anyway, after the rain stops, the wildflowers start to grow, so in mid spring I like to go out to the desert west of Palmdale to see the bright orange poppies. Generally, though it depends on the rain year, by the beginning of June, the poppies are nearly gone.
I always liked a wildflower called "Queen Anne's Lace", which I was told was brought to the USA from Europe. But in reality, it is "wild carrots" as a species.
Yep. Carrots were brought from Europe, went feral, and reverted to a more useless form. But at least they are not as violent as wild/feral parsnip (phototoxic) or as ecologically destructive as garlic mustard. Queen Anne's Lace blooms in summer in northern IL, not spring.
I'm from Texas and my favorite part of Spring is the Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrushes(not sure of the real name but that's what we call the red flowers that pop up in a field of Bluebonnets)
Spring here in southeast Wyoming: -when it warms up, it's so windy that it doesn't matter -when it's not windy, it's probably below freezing and snowing -if the weather is suddenly nice, a blizzard will probably be along shortly -April snow showers bring May snow showers -this transitions to unrelenting summer in the course of about two weeks Spring is the worst time of year.
I recently applied for a job in SE Wyoming, so that's really good to know. I'm sure I'll never even hear back from them, but I think I'll keep looking for less inhospitable places :P
You sound kind of cynical, but having grown up in southeast Wyoming, you speak the truth! Adding spring break to that mix makes it even more interesting. All too often, spring break brings a giant snowstorm consisting of heavy, wet snow. And wind. Did I mention wind? College spring breakers get stranded in town rather than jaunting off to warmer climes. Off to the bars!
I agree! Spring is my least favorite season, because it’s basically just a mild winter trying to trick you into wearing lighter clothing. As a child I would wear Easter dresses and be FREEZING! And I’m sure down south their Easter egg hunts are a picture of beauty, with flowers and green grass and leaves on the trees. Here in Michigan, not so much.
@@elultimo102 I’m in yavapai county @3700-ish. They come during the spring and summer. I’ve been here for 10 years. I stepped on one a few years back and had pain to my hip for 3 days.
Critter seen in the spring time in my yard in middle Tennessee. Whitetail deer, raccoons, opossums, red tail hawks, chipmunks, groundhogs, bald eagles, ravens and crows, house wrens, Cardinals, an assortment of finches and tits, mice, squirrels, Once there was a mink, The occasional fox, bobcat, a rattlesnake, a copperhead, quite a few rat snakes, a large variety of non-poisonous garden snakes garter snakes etc. Moles, voles, dogs and cats, a beaver once, turkeys the occasional heron down by the creek, and a wide variety of other critters. I love living here
The badger one got me laughing hard, our badgers attack every from a rock you throw to get to to go away to the car your driving. Your badgers look so cute and nice!
I had my first experience (and hopefully LAST) with a badger many years ago. I was exploring an empty barn on a farm we rented and it came barreling out of there and chased me up to the house. Never went near that barn again!
We know it's Spring in Texas because the weather can't decide whether or not it's going to freeze us to death, melt us, blow us into next week, or wash us away. But we do get a blooming of Bluebonnets and Indian Paint, and the sides of our roads are glorious to see because of them.
I was born and raised in Chicago. I loved the springtime!!!!!! I now live in the panhandle of Florida. Spring here is different then Chicago but is very pleasant.
We have wild bunnies, squirrels, opossums, racoons and armadillos, coyote. There are also wild deer. We live just outside of Houston Texas. I've heard that there are bobcats We have some pretty cool birds too. We used to have jaguars
There are some years here in NW Oregon, we go from winter to summer with a week of spring in there somewhere. Moles emerge, frogs start singing when it gets above 50 degrees, trillium bloom...gardeners here dont' take much stock in the calendar...LOL. My fav is Pussy Willow buds swelling before they bloom.
@@pedanticradiator1491 By "We" I'm assuming you mean you Brits? YES, I knew you didn't have a tornado season -- I was being facetious to make a point about NOT including OUR tornado season as a difference between our countries.
I hate spring so much. Between the allergies, severe weather/tornadoes, temps going from pleasant to hot in the blink of an eye, and wasps, I just can't.
Spring is the season when your car, no matter the color, turns greenish-yellow (or yellowish-green) until late June/early July when it becomes "Universal Dull" color. Unless, of course, it rains in which case it becomes "Streaked Univeral Dull."
@@pepintheshort7913 I just bought a house in October. There are just a few daffodils in between the sea grass and the bushes at the front of the house and that's because our city has had a campaign for several years to become a daffodil city so they give everyone bulbs every year. But this bunch or 2 at the front of the house are looking a bit lonely so I will be getting some crocus bulbs in the fall. My mother always had them and I thought they were so pretty even though they don't last very long
@@kayspence7044 Thanks, Kay! question! But don't I have to put the crocus bulbs in in the fall?( I am totally new to gardening). Am getting the mulch soon, to do that
@@LindaC616Normally, yes, though potted crocus (much more expensive) has already been through winter, and if you have bulbs that are still in good condition, you can usually fake winter by 3--4 weeks in a refrigerator (beware that ethylene sources like tomatoes and most fruit will destroy the flowers; ethene=ethylene is the universal "aging hormone" among plants). You also need to be in the right climate for fall planting to work. Except possibly for low altitude species from Greece, most need a real winter. If you are in the Deep South, plant something else. Hippeastrum (florists' "Amaryllis") is the main spring bulb, though a few tazetta type Narcissus are well adapted (and disappear as expected in summer, if you like that; Hippeastrum won't), though "flowering kale/cabbage" is probably the most standard cool season color because it is easy (if you don't have deer etc) and can be eaten if necessary.
My favorite Spring thing is deeper than exact things. It is a new beginning where after the long cold sleepy winter of nature that you experience all nature coming back to life. I love the green of new life, the nature sounds of the birds like robins who have arrived back, the little buds on the trees and so much more!
Still laughing! Well done Laurence! This video is one of favorites. I couldn’t stop laughing when you zeroed in on the badgers! Kristen, former Detroiter now in Nashville.
OMG I was born in central IL and your American accent is so good :3 @1:31 My mom would always hold a dandelion up under my nose and told me it's how she could tell I was ticklish. so goofy XD
Yes. We have bears, badgers, and panthers. But they aren’t in every backyard. Crocus flowers are the cue for spring in the south. We had Michealmas Daisies in our yard growing up. I made bracelets with them.
In Canadian universities we had a Reading Week in February just before mid-term exams. Your school term usually ended mid-April, so even though you get Good Friday off, you are usually studying hard for finals coming up. By May you're out for summer until September!
I live in the USA and when I went to college was when it became Spring Break, for its very reason. The break was mid-semester and the semester ended in early May. This was all the way back in 1976. So not anything recent. In High School, the break WAS timed with Easter and so was called Easter Break. I never once considered the change in name to have anything to do with ‘some’ sensibilities. Of course in college we really didn’t even go anywhere for the break unless you lived in state to go home. The difference was because of when the break actually took place.
We also use groundhogs as meteorological aids to forecast the arrival of spring over here.
In Ohio, spring is basically a 2-3 month argument between winter and summer.
So is Alabama
Iowa is winter/spring. We're back to winter.
I think it is all across the continental US. As the jet stream wobbles, the temperatures can go up or down over 20F in a day.
@@christinestockman7042 👍 More than that! 😉
In MN, the seasons are: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.
I can't tell you how much I absolutely love hearing American accents done by people who have non-American accents.
Do you watch Russell Brand? He does an amazing Sleazy NY Fatcat.
@@evegreenification Russell does a lot of hilarious non-british accents they are all great.
Travel to Germany🇩🇪 then! For reasons I could never grasp many Germans try hard to sound "American".🤦♂️
So true. I ❤️ when Simon Whistler does a southern preacher accent
I'm old enough to remember it being called the Easter Vacation in the US. They changed it to Spring Break to remove the religious reference.
San Diego had "Christmas on the Prado," but now calls it "December Nights" for the same ridiculous reason, lest someone get offended besides Christians.
Catholic colleges still have both.
@@elultimo102 - Don't let Fox News know - they'll send out agents ...
I wish the people in power cared less about naming things and did more to prevent people from being actually oppressed by the religious majority. The lip service to separation of church and state doesn't help many people.
@@rachelk4805 There are many places in our government where separation of church and state is genuinely needed, but doesn't exist, yet they focus on the dumb labels for things such as this.
Spring has sprung, pollen has fell, when sneezing is over it will be.... really hot🤭😂. Love your videos and yes, born and raised in the south
amen
I know that rhyme as:
Spring has sprung,
Fall has fell,
Summer's here,
And it's hotter than . . . usual.
It’s ok, allergies are bad in the north as well.
It’s actually been warm in ct. next week we are hitting 60s I can’t wait to have my morning drink outside chilling with the dog.
My Mom always said it like this … Spring has Sprung, The Grass has Riz, I wonder where The Flowers Is?!! 🌸🌺🐝🐝☀️🦋🐣🐰
Fort Myers beach in Fl averages 84 degrees daily in April
My favorite things are seeing all the trees start putting out their leaves, the flowers and flowering bushes bloom, the butterflies and the fireflies coming out. The least thing I like about it is all the pollen.
We get white snow here in Michigan. You get YELLOW snow down South!
I always thought of fireflies as the beginning of summer maybe that's because that's when they come out where I live.
@@KatjeKat86 , I thought so too, until other night. I was standing outside talking to someone and seen a few of them.
My favorite part of spring is when the flowers are blooming. When the lilacs and forsythia bloom, you know that warm weather is coming
There's forsythia bush a cross the road from me i love seeing it bloom and know that spring is here, been doing that for 38 years now.
Canada has beautiful spring blizzards
When you were discussing the European badger, I immediately thought of 'Wind in the Willows!
I once heard it said that, while the European badger looks like it wants to invite you in to tea, the American badger looks like it wants to settle this right here, right now.
Brian May of Queen is involved with saving British wildlife, especially Badgers, Hedgies, and foxes. Btw, the European badges looks almost genteel and is willing to invite you over to his cottage for a cuppa and custard cremes. The American.... RUN!
American badger's just waitin' for a chance to knife you in a back alley! =)
The thing I like best about spring - winter is OVER!
For some reason this winter seemed extra long. And it wasn’t even bad where I live in PA.
Hold up, you have hedgehogs running around your gardens!? I'm jealous! My favorite part of Spring is it stays light out much later.
@Vote.ReformUK oh I love this. ❤️
Living in the Midwest, whenever I see daffodils and tulips they are the signs of Spring to me because they are some of the first things that bloom. They are such happy little flowers and bloom even before we have green on our trees so they are a promise to me of more green to come.
Same for me in VA.
I enjoy the robins coming back in mid March. The red winged blackbirds and the cardinals start singing, too.
Don't see them out by me. Fist time I ever saw daffs was at the Morton Arboretum out near Naperville IL. My reaction? I turned to my hubby and yelled "AUTONS! RUN!!!"
When I lived in Virginia it was exciting to see crocuses poking up out of the snow. Spring was on the way!
When you put the windshield wipers on to wash the pollen off so you can see to drive.
In Florida we have 3 seasons "summer" - "just past summer" - "almost summer"
For me, when I hear Peeper (Tree) Frogs, that's when Spring arrives!
"Spring has sprung the grass has riz, I wonder where the flowers is?"
Yes! The peepers mean it's spring. When you hear the whippoorwills down in the holler it's summer. 😊🐸🐦
If you're referring to the absurdly loud high-pitched frogs called "peeps" here, they're definitely not in trees when making that sound. That's what they do when seeking mates near bodies of water that will (in their estimation) last long enough to reproduce in. I get them in my front yard with vernal ponding from very heavy and/or prolonged rain.
I live in the DC area, and the best thing about spring is the cherry blossoms. Magnificent!
They are lovely had one in my garden in England growing up and tempted to plant one again
Black Bears are Scaredy Cats. Yes they could rip your arm off, but are more likely to run away. Unlike their Grizzly relative.
There’s another type of blue bell native the the USA-the ice cream.
Lol I adore lost in the pond!!
My favorite spring thing are the birds chirping and the 🌞
I live in New Hampshire and we have 186 acres and we have coyotes, black bears, bull moose, bobcats, porcupines and lots of other wildlife including deer lol but I always look forward to seeing them every spring (though we see and hear the coyotes year round)
I lived in rural San Diego County and had rattlers, rats, & coyotes. Then I moved to much colder NE Arizona. No rattlers, but a lot more rats & coyotes to drive the dog crazy, when I'm trying to sleep. (Am I imagining it, or are the coyotes getting bolder, and venturing out in daylight more than they used to?)
@@elultimo102 Rhody here. Yes to the coyotes (some of ours are coywolves) out in the daytime. They're not really nocturnal, it's just that's the time that it's convenient for them, because they don't see as many humans.
Hi, Riana! I'm in NH, too. Goffstown, west of Manchester. You?
@@katelinnett9020 I live in Bradford New Hampshire lol but my best friend lives in Manchester, thank you for sharing, I always love hearing from people who live in our state 😊❤
We have all of them except the moose, and I live in Nevada. I love listening to the coyotes and owls nearly every night hear round. We also have the occasional cougar, raccoon, and lots of skunks. I really do love it here. My kid isn't crazy about the coyotes and takes regular headcounts of all our cats who are ferals that chose to move in with us. They feel trapped if they cannot get out of the house, so we have a cat door (or cat flap), but we have arranged the garage to be easy entry for the cats but not so for the coyotes. In the spring, we also have to start searching the house with UV flashlights looking for scorpions.
The coyote in Chicago might very well have been a Coy-Wolf -- a hybrid of Coyote & Wolf that is appearing in and around a lot of American cities. Yes, the two species can and do interbreed. Canine horniness overcomes species differences every time.
Something I don't miss from Spring in Texas,the sound of Tornado Sirens being tested.
I miss the thunderstorms though, there was so much drama going on overhead. Where I am now, it rains a lot but never storms.
I don't miss the siren tests from when we lived in Amarillo. They were just part of living at the air base.
I just wish the tornadoes had stayed up there and not followed us when we moved South of Fort Worth. =)
At least you had sirens, Patricia. San Antonio, the 7th largest city, with very volatile weather, still can’t seem to find $ to install sirens. We’re always 10-15 years behind in EVERYTHING 🙄🤦🏼♀️
I don’t miss the hurricane watches.
Texas Blue Bonnets, best spring flower EVER!!
Spring ... longer days and warmer weather, new plant growth. That's the good. Then there's the pollen, to keep us humble
It was 69° today in the Seattle area. It was wonderful!!! And I have a phone video of a coyote in my backyard...and the crows chasing it off. It was hysterical.
Nice 👌🏻
Dandelions are sometimes called called pis en lit (Pee the bed) by the French on account of its diuretic effects when eaten.
Wild ones are super bitter, but the French used to have several named varieties that they used for salad - often covering the plants for a few weeks prior to consumption to make the leaves pale coloured and less bitter.
Spring break here in TX is one week in mid March. Easter isn't even a long weekend. 3 weeks is crazy! But also, we don't have spring. It just fluctuates wildly between blue northers and stupid hot until hot wins out and we stock up for hurricane season.
You must be on the coast! Here in Dallas we ramp up for severe thunderstorm and tornado season. :-) With a side of flash flooding and stupid hot.
you must be in the south west or the coast! Here in san Antonio we've been getting some beautiful spring temps! also, all the flowers!!!
It snowed here in Michigan today. Just enough to cover the deck with a 1/4 inch of white. You folks can keep your stupid hot…
Texas: several climate regions united by a single phrase: stupid hot.
@@samiam619 And you can keep your stupid snow, thank you very much!
5:44 THERE it is. Perfect timing for that. I see it tonight.
My son was sad about our lack of hedgehogs when he was young, too. My favorite part of Spring is 3 months of allergy meds and inhalers from the pollen.
My favorite hedgehog is a chocolate one!
Spring = Regrowth of flowers and trees = Pollen everywhere = Sneezing, Watery Eyes, Dry Throat, Coughing.
But it’s still my favorite season.
I wish my allergies were just 3 months. Allergy shots and a slue of three allergy meds daily, all year long. Im in my 5th year of shots and it aint working 😩
And none of them are blue and go really fast. ..
Hedgehogs carry salmonella, the way armadillos carry leprosy. Nothing the critters did wrong; it's just inherent to their species. (Just wash your hands and don't kiss them, even if you think they're cute---They are not puppies).
"It's not that we don't do those things, it's that we don't feel like we HAVE to." 20 years of growing up with american media and advertising can have that effect on us. Three words: Emm Tee Vee
America has an issue with Tornadoes in spring months March April May and June. Mainly in the southern and midwestern states.
more Southern and Great Plains states ...as in Kansas, Missouri etc. rather than Midwest like Minnesota , Illinois, Michigan , Ohio etc.
@@csnide6702 Missouri and Kansas are in the Midwest
Also Kentucky/Indiana in December
Spring in GA is 70’s! Love your videos!!
I always look forward to these Lost in the Pond videos... since i cant travel anywhere its fun to experience other countries.
Spring has sprung, no where is that broadcast spreader, and those dandelion seeds, I've got to spread some joy to a few family members lawns.
I'm in Indianapolis. I just saw a bat for the first time this year.
My Spring thrill is when the hyacinths burst forth from the dark, cold earth, whether there’s snow on the ground or not!!!
Thank you Laurence, for bringing other Spring delights to our attention!! 👍❤️
April showers bring Mayflowers (those big moving vans, not the plant). It used to be a tradition in the Chicago are many years ago, like the 1950s and 60s, that apartment leases started for a year on either May 1 or October 1 so there were mass migrations of moving then.
I live in South Carolina, I love the wildlife and flora. Deer, hawks, eagles and many other animals show up. Strawberries, Blueberries and many other flowers are blooming including my Roses. The down side is which pollen will kill you from allergies.
Haven't watched it yet so don't know if you mentioned but, although they can hit anytime of year, spring is tornado season.
There is a TH-cam channel called "It's A Southern Thing" where they periodically make fake commercials. One of them was for The sounds of spring, which was basically the sound of a noisy thunderstorm punctuated by tornado sirens. As a native of Nashville I have to say, not that far off from reality!
@@micheledeetlefs6041 Yeah, watch IAST a lot, they're hilarious. That's definitely is pretty accurate. I live in East Texas and thankfully, my county was only in a watch for one of them(and we didn't get hit by anything) but we've already had 2 different tornado outbreaks and we're only 3 weeks into spring.
Oh good! That means that somewhere in the Midwest a local station will decide it's a good time to play "the wizard of oz"!
Every other day is a storm (maybe it only seems that) and a tornado warning or so. Luckily, so far, the tornado seems to hit the neighboring state and missing us.
Yep. In the South, springtime means tornado season. Our seasons are: Tornado season, Summer, Hurricane season, and Winter which begins tornado season, but are most active in Spring.
I love all the beautiful flowering trees and the tulips blooming in spring.
American badgers: dwarf wolverines
Texas bluebonnets. They are my favorite. Also the Indian paint brushes. My yard use to be filled with them.
Urban coyotes are a thing! They have adapted to the urban landscape far better than i !:-) 🙏
Coyotes and racoons are expert dumpster divers!
Lawrence - you forgot to mention the other springtime rituals in Northern Illinois - pot hole season and the return of road kill.
I can’t be you ended up in Illinois. I’ve been trying to escape for 50 years. Lol 😆
When I think of spring here I think of 2 things Crocuses and Robins. When they appear it's officially spring in NY! Also, we have a whole family of groundhogs that emerge here in the spring in NY about 30 mile north of NYC. I work from home and see them foraging for food in my backyard through my patio doors. They are really cute!
I saw a badger once, when I was in Sweden. It trotted across the backyard at dusk. So it must have been a cousin of an English badger.
I have a wild garden here in the UK. I have 2 badgers that live out there and I leave food out for them every night. Have got hedgehogs too, but I've not seen them in a while. My neighbours have beautifully manicured gardens and use a lot of pesticides, so that might account for their decline here
The best thing about spring in South Florida is that the snowbirds go home.
Flowering dogwood trees are my favorite spring flowers. Many native varieties as well as species from other parts. In Portland, OR, entire areas may have dogwoods in the front yards or gardens flowering their woody hearts out.
I've always loved the Texas Bluebonnets.
Those of us in the northern tier of the country all the way from New England are often fooled by “nice” weather. It lasts 2-3 days. Then, winter re-asserts itself. 🤬☹️🥶
We have been hit by this in Michigan multiple times this year..... looks like spring for a day and then - WHAM- 3 days of winter.....snowing on the coast of MI right now.
I live in Portland, Oregon, and we had snow two days ago--enough to close a number of roads and streets because of the fallen trees or limbs (very high winds). In the higher elevations a lot of bus routes canceled; light rail could not run (again, downed trees).Latest date of measurable snow on record. Photos of the last of the cherry blossom hung with snow. and a few days before, it had hit 70 degrees! And I remember that one year when I lived in NYC, we had snow around May 10--in the 1960s. In that same decade, we had at least one April with temps. reaching 80. But I think that's the case in any area in the so-called temperate zone.
Your American accent is very good! I lived in both England and Australia and can't do those accents at all.
I love springtime because the dawn chorus begins.
Oh I wish we had hedgehogs, they're so cute..
You forgot about rattlesnakes. I came across my first rattlesnake of the year yesterday. Always exciting.
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@@LindaC616 I live about 30 minutes east of Sweetwater, Texas, home of the world's largest annual rattlesnake roundup!
@@randlebrowne2048 😟 I have visited California and Arizona before. My nephew made me nervous on our way to the Grand Canyon taking a leak off the side of the road, because I started looking at all of the snake skins. And my niece wanted to go bouldering in Joshua Tree park when she was 6 months pregnant with her 1st baby . In June. I told her we should think about that. She said "why? I can climb boulders in my crocs, I have good balance!" I said "see those little shadows where the rocks meet? You might be able to survive it, but we don't know if the baby would."
Shake, shake, shake, ...
@@LindaC616 Here in Texas, one of the first things we teach children is to *never* put your hands or feet anywhere that you cannot see. Never step (or reach) *over* a rock or log. Instead, step *on* it; then, when you step off, you'll likely be out of reach of anything that could be hiding under it.
I don't understand spring here in the UK. It was 18-19C here for a week...SUDDENLY...SNOW! I'm planning a trip to the US one day as I can't get it out of my head, but slightly put off by the severe lack of hedgehogs. Might have to re-think.
Like the hummingbirds returning to the states.
I'm not sure if it's just a gap in my personal knowledge, but I don't believe I've ever even heard of a chiffchaff before this video.
Well since I live in Tucson Arizona, I would say the first sign of spring is having to step over my first rattlesnake.
My favorite part of spring is when the skunks wake up. Not really. My favorite part is when the first daffodils start to bloom.
And morning bird song.
My favorite part of spring is seeing the jack rabbits come out more in the daytime. In the summer it gets too hot in the day and they try to minimize their time in the cold of winter. Autumn is hit and miss. Plus you get to see more kits in the Spring if you're lucky.
Here in the California Central Valley, we have two weeks each of spring and fall. Winter is 2-3 months (weather is what Lawrence would call "autumn") and the rest is summer. Temperature 90-115°.
That is true and sometimes we have days where you need a coat in the morning and the AC on in the evening (during our very short Spring)
I look forward to seeing the daffodils. I understand those grow in Britain.
Every single Texan knows exactly what flower springtime in Texas is known for!
I miss bluebonnets. Might grow some of my own...
In New Mexico. We don't have bluebonnets here. Or big spring thunderstorms. The only 2 things I miss about spring in Texas. We also don't have stifling heat and humidity. Thank God.
The yellow rose of Texas!
Here in Los Angeles, winter and early spring is when we have rain. When I was a kid, rain would sometimes last till May, but that hasn't happened in about 20 years. Anyway, after the rain stops, the wildflowers start to grow, so in mid spring I like to go out to the desert west of Palmdale to see the bright orange poppies. Generally, though it depends on the rain year, by the beginning of June, the poppies are nearly gone.
I always liked a wildflower called "Queen Anne's Lace", which I was told was brought to the USA from Europe. But in reality, it is "wild carrots" as a species.
Yep. Carrots were brought from Europe, went feral, and reverted to a more useless form. But at least they are not as violent as wild/feral parsnip (phototoxic) or as ecologically destructive as garlic mustard. Queen Anne's Lace blooms in summer in northern IL, not spring.
I'm from Texas and my favorite part of Spring is the Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrushes(not sure of the real name but that's what we call the red flowers that pop up in a field of Bluebonnets)
Spring here in southeast Wyoming:
-when it warms up, it's so windy that it doesn't matter
-when it's not windy, it's probably below freezing and snowing
-if the weather is suddenly nice, a blizzard will probably be along shortly
-April snow showers bring May snow showers
-this transitions to unrelenting summer in the course of about two weeks
Spring is the worst time of year.
Same here in Sheridan! We've gone from 70, down to 27 in just a few hours, and from sunny, to a blizzard in a nano-second. LOL!
That's what you get for having a desert north of 40°.
I recently applied for a job in SE Wyoming, so that's really good to know. I'm sure I'll never even hear back from them, but I think I'll keep looking for less inhospitable places :P
You sound kind of cynical, but having grown up in southeast Wyoming, you speak the truth! Adding spring break to that mix makes it even more interesting. All too often, spring break brings a giant snowstorm consisting of heavy, wet snow. And wind. Did I mention wind? College spring breakers get stranded in town rather than jaunting off to warmer climes. Off to the bars!
I agree! Spring is my least favorite season, because it’s basically just a mild winter trying to trick you into wearing lighter clothing. As a child I would wear Easter dresses and be FREEZING! And I’m sure down south their Easter egg hunts are a picture of beauty, with flowers and green grass and leaves on the trees. Here in Michigan, not so much.
I love watching my garden come back to life in the spring. My son likes to watch the sneaky squirrels too.
Spring is here in Northern Az- just found the first scorpion of the season yesterday
Where? I've been in Navajo County for 3 years, and never saw a scorpion or black widow. (Too cold @ 5700'?)
@@elultimo102 I’m in yavapai county @3700-ish. They come during the spring and summer. I’ve been here for 10 years. I stepped on one a few years back and had pain to my hip for 3 days.
@@sugarsalt6637 That may be my next move. At 5700,' it's cold, snows, no OTA TV, and propane heat is costly.
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@@elultimo102 we rarely get snow down here. Sedona will get a dusting every now and again. Best wishes if you make the move!
Critter seen in the spring time in my yard in middle Tennessee. Whitetail deer, raccoons, opossums, red tail hawks, chipmunks, groundhogs, bald eagles, ravens and crows, house wrens, Cardinals, an assortment of finches and tits, mice, squirrels, Once there was a mink, The occasional fox, bobcat, a rattlesnake, a copperhead, quite a few rat snakes, a large variety of non-poisonous garden snakes garter snakes etc. Moles, voles, dogs and cats, a beaver once, turkeys the occasional heron down by the creek, and a wide variety of other critters. I love living here
Same critters here in Kansas. On our acreage there are also lots of coyotes and skunks!
The badger one got me laughing hard, our badgers attack every from a rock you throw to get to to go away to the car your driving. Your badgers look so cute and nice!
I had my first experience (and hopefully LAST) with a badger many years ago. I was exploring an empty barn on a farm we rented and it came barreling out of there and chased me up to the house. Never went near that barn again!
Badgers have a permanent grouch on. They are nasty!
I have a hedgehog as an exotic pet. I love it! My favorite spring thing is the warming weather.
We know it's Spring in Texas because the weather can't decide whether or not it's going to freeze us to death, melt us, blow us into next week, or wash us away. But we do get a blooming of Bluebonnets and Indian Paint, and the sides of our roads are glorious to see because of them.
OK, I had to Google "chiffchaff" -- it's a really cute little bird I had never heard of before.
I was born and raised in Chicago. I loved the springtime!!!!!! I now live in the panhandle of Florida. Spring here is different then Chicago but is very pleasant.
Spring in NY: heat wave, thunderstorm and half a foot of snow all in the same week.
They dropped the ball by not calling it the "liberty blue bell"
We have wild bunnies, squirrels, opossums, racoons and armadillos, coyote. There are also wild deer. We live just outside of Houston Texas.
I've heard that there are bobcats
We have some pretty cool birds too. We used to have jaguars
There are some years here in NW Oregon, we go from winter to summer with a week of spring in there somewhere. Moles emerge, frogs start singing when it gets above 50 degrees, trillium bloom...gardeners here dont' take much stock in the calendar...LOL. My fav is Pussy Willow buds swelling before they bloom.
Laurence: springtime is happening
Me: Got 10 inches of snow tonight, can't get out of the house, want to hibernate
Seriously? No mention that Spring is "Tornado Season" in the U.S.? When is tornado season in the U.K.?
We don't have one though we do get minor tornadoes
@@pedanticradiator1491 By "We" I'm assuming you mean you Brits? YES, I knew you didn't have a tornado season -- I was being facetious to make a point about NOT including OUR tornado season as a difference between our countries.
Most tornadoes in FL spin off from hurricanes, therefore in late summer and fall. The USA is not uniform.
My favorite spring thing is listening to the lakes crack as they thaw out, really weird sound!
I hate spring so much. Between the allergies, severe weather/tornadoes, temps going from pleasant to hot in the blink of an eye, and wasps, I just can't.
Spring is the season when your car, no matter the color, turns greenish-yellow (or yellowish-green) until late June/early July when it becomes "Universal Dull" color. Unless, of course, it rains in which case it becomes "Streaked Univeral Dull."
April showers bring may flowers!
I love the Krocus, they come in so early.
Basically I love gardening . 🌼
My wife and I planted 300 crocus bulbs in our lawn last September. Was nice to see them pop up a few weeks ago.
@@pepintheshort7913 I just bought a house in October. There are just a few daffodils in between the sea grass and the bushes at the front of the house and that's because our city has had a campaign for several years to become a daffodil city so they give everyone bulbs every year. But this bunch or 2 at the front of the house are looking a bit lonely so I will be getting some crocus bulbs in the fall. My mother always had them and I thought they were so pretty even though they don't last very long
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Crocus bulbs, tulip & daffodils will multiply if planted in a compatible spot. Hope your garden continues to grow! 🌷🌱
@@kayspence7044 Thanks, Kay! question! But don't I have to put the crocus bulbs in in the fall?( I am totally new to gardening). Am getting the mulch soon, to do that
@@LindaC616Normally, yes, though potted crocus (much more expensive) has already been through winter, and if you have bulbs that are still in good condition, you can usually fake winter by 3--4 weeks in a refrigerator (beware that ethylene sources like tomatoes and most fruit will destroy the flowers; ethene=ethylene is the universal "aging hormone" among plants). You also need to be in the right climate for fall planting to work. Except possibly for low altitude species from Greece, most need a real winter. If you are in the Deep South, plant something else. Hippeastrum (florists' "Amaryllis") is the main spring bulb, though a few tazetta type Narcissus are well adapted (and disappear as expected in summer, if you like that; Hippeastrum won't), though "flowering kale/cabbage" is probably the most standard cool season color because it is easy (if you don't have deer etc) and can be eaten if necessary.
I love the return of the butterflies and wildflowers. Here in Texas the first flowers are bluebonnets and indian paintbrush.
daffodils and crocuses!
My favorite Spring thing is deeper than exact things. It is a new beginning where after the long cold sleepy winter of nature that you experience all nature coming back to life. I love the green of new life, the nature sounds of the birds like robins who have arrived back, the little buds on the trees and so much more!
It's nice and warm in Texas. The Blue Bonnets are blooming everywhere. P.S. don't pick them. It's against state law
I’m in Illinois and last year a black bear was spotted several times throughout the county. It was big too!!
Still laughing! Well done Laurence! This video is one of favorites. I couldn’t stop laughing when you zeroed in on the badgers! Kristen, former Detroiter now in Nashville.
Video was too short. Very enjoyable.
I’ve had deer, moose and a young grizzly bear in my yard so far this spring! Love them! 🥰
OMG I was born in central IL and your American accent is so good :3 @1:31 My mom would always hold a dandelion up under my nose and told me it's how she could tell I was ticklish. so goofy XD
Yes. We have bears, badgers, and panthers. But they aren’t in every backyard. Crocus flowers are the cue for spring in the south. We had Michealmas Daisies in our yard growing up. I made bracelets with them.
In Canadian universities we had a Reading Week in February just before mid-term exams. Your school term usually ended mid-April, so even though you get Good Friday off, you are usually studying hard for finals coming up. By May you're out for summer until September!
I live in the USA and when I went to college was when it became Spring Break, for its very reason. The break was mid-semester and the semester ended in early May. This was all the way back in 1976. So not anything recent. In High School, the break WAS timed with Easter and so was called Easter Break. I never once considered the change in name to have anything to do with ‘some’ sensibilities. Of course in college we really didn’t even go anywhere for the break unless you lived in state to go home.
The difference was because of when the break actually took place.
My favorite spring thing is NO MORE SNOW. My second favorite is flowers.
Laughed out loud all the way through...Laurence, you are such a wit!
My favorite spring thing: the American Robin! It’s like a holiday when you spy the first one of the spring