We won't get 62 until next spring.

Climate change will obviously affect migration patterns.    Of course ....  I had to look up migration of swans from the UK.   The mute swan stays all year round but:

Interesting.....looks like the species inhabits areas all over the Northern parts of America. We have some here that were brought in a long time ago and they have flourished.  They do remain all winter, but then we don't get the COLD so much.  (yesterday was 62F)

And way back .......

Trix, they should be here, March to November:

http://www.ci.schaumburg.il.us/AnimControl/AControl/Pages/SwanCam.aspx

That link is now unavailable but it obviously said the swans go away in November.

Hi stargzr ......  I couldn't resist Googling "Do swans migrate from Illinois during the winter?"  And would you believe it ..... some articles say they migrate to Illinois for the winter.  Rather them than me.  :D

http://www.illinoisbirds.org/illinois/meadowlark/view_frame.php?block=9&year=2007

Fly away little swans before you freeze.

I have a hobby .....  I read the news,  I do jigsaws  .... write real letters on paper ....... and I'm still happily married .....  as long as he stays 200 miles away.   LOL!!!!!

OK, girl, I think it's time we found you a boyfriend.....or a hobby.... or something.  LOL

I read the news from almost everywhere.  Earlier .....  I read news from New Zealand, dated the 2nd of September ..... seemed very strange as it's still the 1st for us.  The NZ people are asking why we are finding such difficulty in saying openly that Trump is not fit for the job.  They think he has lost his marbles and don't mind saying so.

On the weekends I use this:

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/World+News/USA

Weekdays I read The Guardian Live,  US politics and news.  I prefer that one.  As news happens .... a number comes up on the tab telling me how many bits I've got to catch up on.  But don't ask me how Brexit is going on.  I avoid UK news like the plague.  :D

ahhhhhhhhh, my hero.   :<

Such an idiot.  Did you know that Trump said Alabama was going to get hit and people had a mad panic?  National Weather Service had to calm things down.  LOL!

http://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/national-weather-service-scrambles-after-trump-wrongly-tells-millions-in-alabama-to-brace-for-hurricane/

MD, I hope you can retrieve this.  (more stupid quotes from you-know-who)

http://www.cnn.com/2019/09/01/politics/donald-trump-category-5-hurricane-dorian/index.html

.......and we can watch the snowfall again.  :). (yeah, I know...not in YOUR back yard !  hahahaha)

Hi stargzr .......   September already.  Soon be Christmas.  LOL!!!!

http://www.septemberfest.org

Enjoy, everyone !

Stargzr ..... if I visit the bake shop first .... the swans would be begging!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7133945/Train-delayed-swans-line.html

Bake shop first....priorities !!!

Maybe I should visit them soon .......  and the bake shop!   :D

I would love to see the black swans of Dawlish in Devon, England.

It brings a smile to my face everytime I think about it.  :D

Hi MD......just read your latest post here. I have NO idea what you're talking about !!!!  LOL