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Have already heard one of my chickadees calling this call on the weekend,
and it gave me a delightful optimistic 'lift' while filling the bird
feeders in the bitter cold, surrounded by snow.
Cheers,
Judy Tufts
>>>>>>>>
Judy Tufts
Wolfville
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Shouty McShoutsalot
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2020 10:53 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Some totally pointless calculations
In a few weeks you may hear territorial "cheeeeseburger" from the BCCH.
Also consider we have picked roughly 20 minutes of daylight since the
solstice?
Maybe not the beginning of the end; but surely the end of the beginning?
(Ty mr Churchill) ;-)
On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 9:12 AM Peter Payzant <peter@payzant.net> wrote:
If we take the time of the autumn solstice as marking the start of
Winter, and the time of the spring equinox as marking the end of Winter,
a few minutes on a spreadsheet can yield some pointless but cheering dates.
The autumn solstice last year was December the 22nd at 04:19 (UTC).
The spring equinox this year will be on March 20 at 03:50 (UTC).
From these we can calculate that winter (defined this way) will be
almost exactly 89 days long this year. We also get
Winter 1/3 over: January 20 at 2009 UTC, or 4:09 pm AST.
Winter 1/2 over: February 4 at 1604 UTC, or 12:04 pm AST
Winter 2/3 over: February 19 at 1034 UTC, 6:34 am AST
Anyway, some time this afternoon, winter will be 1/3 over.
--- Peter Payzant
--
Jamie Simpson
Halifax, NS
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time of
the autumn solstice as marking the start of <br>
Winter, and the time of the spring equinox as marking the end of Winter, =
<br>
a few minutes on a spreadsheet can yield some pointless but cheering =
dates.<br>
<br>
The autumn solstice last year was December the 22nd at 04:19 (UTC).<br>
The spring equinox this year will be on March 20 at 03:50 (UTC).<br>
<br>
From these we can calculate that winter (defined this way) will be =
<br>
almost exactly 89 days long this year. We also get<br>
<br>
Winter 1/3 over: January 20 at 2009 UTC, or 4:09 pm AST.<br>
<br>
Winter 1/2 over: February 4 at 1604 UTC, or 12:04 pm AST<br>
<br>
Winter 2/3 over: February 19 at 1034 UTC, 6:34 am AST<br>
<br>
Anyway, some time this afternoon, winter will be 1/3 over.<br>
<br>
--- Peter Payzant<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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