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KANSAS – NC and NW Extension Districts and counties of KState Research and Extension again will be hosting an online agronomy series, “Crop Talk”, slated to begin Tuesday, Feb. 20 through Tuesday, March 12, which will highlight several topics important to crop producers. These will be on Tuesdays and each session will be held from noon to 1 p.m. CST.

GriefShare, a grief recovery seminar and support group starts from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6 at the First Bank of Beloit meeting room, 101 E Main (Use Mill St. entrance). The group will meet each Wednesday through May 29.

KANSAS – With the so-called fake springtime arrival, forcing birds to adjust their migration timing to keep up, many are now seeing robins and cedar waxwings appear as well as others. Some birds have been adapting to early warming by attempting to make up time during other phases of migration and breeding. As the ground thaws, some birds switch to earthworms and insects. While robins may arrive when temperatures reach 37 degrees, this is because their food becomes available, not because they themselves need warm temperatures. Both the robins and waxwings are very sociable to each other in the winter time. Waxwings can be tempted to feeders with cranberries, raisins, currants, chopped grapes and small apple chunks.