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Index of Subjects As it happens, the first indication I have had of the spring bloom was yesterday morning in light fog and with SE winds in Halifax. Although I have been in full sniffer mode for the past three weeks, this is my first "sighting" of the bloom, although Anne tells me that she detected it here near Lower Rose Bay last week. Blooms are patchy, of course. And we are detecting the senescence of the bloom, not its beginning. On 15 Apr 2010 at 23:28, P.L. Chalmers wrote: > So many plants are flowering earlier than usual this year! On > Monday (12 April) I noticed that the flower buds of the Norway Maples > were beginning to open. The cool weather in the last few days has > slowed them down, but any day now the trees along the streets in > south end Halifax will sport their fluffy clusters of lime-green > flowers, and people will comment on the "leaves" coming out. In > Halifax Norway Maples usually bloom during the first week in May. > > We have been sharing observations of various plants and terrestrial > animals that seem to be early this year. Can anyone tell us if the > ocean is warmer than normal for this time of year? Are marine life > cycles similarly advanced in the season? I ask, because I have > noticed in other years that Eric Mills' observation of a "spring > bloom of phytoplankton" often coincides with the Norway Maple bloom. > > Cheers, > > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax > >
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