This photo of a European crested tit weathering a late-winter storm in Scotland may sum up the way some of us living in the Northern Hemisphere feel about the month of March. While the calendar tells us spring has arrived, the weather often seems to disagree. It"s the blustery, unpredictable elements of this time of year that inspired an old Western European folktale that the month of March "borrowed" three days from April so that it could indulge in a few final winter-like days. These "borrowed days" are the last three days of the month. Perhaps take comfort that it"s only three days. In some parts of Ireland, March borrowed nine days. That"s too many days.
The borrowed days are here
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A winter light show
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Smoking nights in Austria
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Southern right whale
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Looking down upon Edinburgh
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International Rock Day
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Crimson-rumped toucanet in the Refugio Paz de Las Aves, Ecuador
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Flag Day
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World Children s Day
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It s Independence Day
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Te Rewa Rewa Bridge near New Plymouth, New Zealand
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Porto Cathedral, Portugal
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Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
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A dying breed of tree thrives in an American park
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Black Fell in England s Lake District
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World Migratory Bird Day
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Galeries Lafayette, Paris
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Celebrating Bike to Work Week, May 14-18
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Vacuum Chamber 5 at Glenn Research Center
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World Rivers Day
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World Lizard Day
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Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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International Day of Human Space Flight
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International Day for Biodiversity
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Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Desert rose of Qatar
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A palace for the public
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International Womens Day
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Tassili n’Ajjer, Sahara, Algeria
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World Octopus Day
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The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland