You know it's hot when. . .

[Ranger99]

The buzzards have to sit on the
ground for a cool off break from
soaring

[phalanx]

The buzzards have to sit on the
ground for a cool off break from
soaring

Trees are suffering no matter how much i water them.

[ironglow]

  We had some dry days, but showers came at the right time and in the right quantity  to keep things growing well.
  I thank God we are not suffering from drouth, but do have concern for those who are..

[Ranger99]

A good while before I was born,
A good bit of Texas had a period
of nearly a decade with zero rainfall.
There are many around right now
that are crowing about man made
climate change blah blah blah
but it's been going on since we
wore fig leaves and animal skins
At one time, much of the nation
was covered in ice. This region
was under water, an ocean for
a long long time

[ironglow]

 Heated up here for the last week..hitting the mid 80s..and humid.  Rain seems to often enough to support
  the crops. 
  Corn, soy, oats etc, seem to be doing fine, but some folks are feeling it. ..But I don't complain, since in less than 6
 months, we will be "enjoying' sub zero temps...

   I don't look forward to those temps anymore, but many folks around here prefer it..skiing, snowmobiling etc..

  For some..work picks up, and for others, it slows down.

[Dee]

You know its hot when a coyotes' chasing a rabbit, and they're both walking. 

[oldandslow2]

Except for one lonesome bunny rabbit I think the rest of those two critters have all starved to death around my place. Coyote music at dusk and early morning was a regular thing but I haven't heard a peep out of one for several months. My daughter lives right on the northeast side of the country club where there is plenty of green grass and the cottontails are numerous. As soon as you get to brown grass, nada. The only thing that seems to be doing good are the blue quail and six pairs have brought in broods to my feeder that number from ten to two.

If, and it is always a big if, the weather guessers hit it we are in for a week of low 90's heat, 9 to 11 degrees less than the last two weeks. It was 93 yesterday and it felt pretty good compared to the 104 earlier in the week.

[Dee]

I see more blues than bobwhites out here. Until it got hot, I saw dozens of turkeys, but I suspect they've moved the the Canadian River bottoms. I'll occasionally see 2 or 3 standing on the rim of a stock tank.

[oldandslow2]

Bobs don't seem to like NM much. Several years ago some showed up and came into the feeder but they gradually decreased and this year I haven't even heard  one call. For the two years before there were a  few calls in early spring and then silence. Along the state line seems to be their stopping point. Where I grew up on the eastern edge of the cap blues and bobs were plentiful. My dad didn't hunt them and allowed no one else to on our place. Anything that ate our crops was fair game though. Blues and dove are our only game birds here. There are supposed to be pheasants along the Pecos and up around Clovis but I have never seen one. We have to go west to the mountains to find turkeys.

I have to retract the pheasant thing, sort of. There were a couple of brothers put in a hunting farm many years ago with pheasants a few miles north of me. I guess a pair escaped and they were a regular at my feeding spot for two years and then gone. Pretty birds. The project quickly went bust and is long gone.

[phalanx]

Bobs don't seem to like NM much. Several years ago some showed up and came into the feeder but they gradually decreased and this year I haven't even heard  one call. For the two years before there were a  few calls in early spring and then silence. Along the state line seems to be their stopping point. Where I grew up on the easter edge of the cap blues and bobs were plentiful. My dad didn't hunt them and allowed no one else to on our place. Anything that ate our crops was fair game though. Blues and dove are our only game birds here. There are supposed to be pheasants along the Pecos and up around Clovis but I have never seen one. We have to go west to the mountains to find turkeys.

I have to retract the pheasant thing, sort of. There were a couple of brothers put in a hunting farm many years ago with pheasants a few miles north of me. I guess a pair escaped and they were a regular at my feeding spot for two years and then gone. Pretty birds. The project quickly went bust and is long gone.

Pumpkin flats? Is it still there?