Do Redbirds Predict Snow?

ballparent · Post by **ballparent** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:41 pm

Do Redbirds Predict Snow?
I think I've heard this somewhere and this evening our feeders were swamped with redbirds, not five or ten, but a whole flock. A few folks at work are thinking we'll get quite a bit of snow the next few days, even though when I've watched the weather it doesn't look like it will be much, so.....I thought I'd do a little search to see if the redbird theory was documented. Well, didn't exactly find it but found a whole page of weather folklore, a lot I'd heard of and many I hadn't, so thought I'd share. And I thought Newlex might appreciate and try to test some of them to what really happens.
http://members.aol.com/Accustiver/wxworld_folk.html

LICKING COUNTY FAN · Post by **LICKING COUNTY FAN** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:42 pm

Don't we have New Lex for that? :lol:

orange-n-brown 365 · Post by **orange-n-brown 365** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:43 pm

usually a yard full a birds at the feeders is a good indication that its going to get bad

and also the brine sprayed on the highways :shock:

ballparent · Post by **ballparent** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:47 pm

newarkcatholicfan wrote:Don't we have New Lex for that?

Well, we do and he's usually pretty accurate but I'm getting a lot of conflicting reports depending on the station I watch or person I talk to, so I've resorted to watching bird behavior. :shock:

Then again they're probably just beefing up to stay warm through the next few really cold nights.

grndma1 · Post by **grndma1** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:29 pm

My Grandmother always said there was going to be a change in the weather, when she would see a red bird. I guess it is a really old saying.

TheMalteseFalcon · Post by **TheMalteseFalcon** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:13 pm

Around here we frequently have changes in the weather whether you see a bird or not. :lol:

YOU'RE TIGER BAIT · Post by **YOU'RE TIGER BAIT** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:07 am

I DO KNOW THIS ,hERE AT THE BAITCAVE, WHEN IT JUST SPITS THE SLIGHTEST FLURRIES , I GET BURIED WITH NORTHERN CARDINALS, SORRY FOR CAPS, not just a few here and there, but i look out back out the sliding glass door, and i see dozens of male (red) cardinals. then i start looking around. and see just as many females, just blend in more, this time of year. they also love to get in the birdbath's, and stay for a long time. when seeds drop when it's snowing, they dive down, after them, but normally don't just spill it, and keep going. in bad weather my finch, sparrow, and blue jays flock to the feeder. and the woodpeckers , really load up on peanut butter, and suet.

The Instructor · Post by **The Instructor** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:25 am

I don't know about red birds but red heads do.

YOU'RE TIGER BAIT · Post by **YOU'RE TIGER BAIT** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:50 am

WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSSEDTO MEAN. :-D

orange-n-brown 365 · Post by **orange-n-brown 365** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:15 pm

I saw yard full of starlings today does that mean anything?