One thing that happened along with the warmth is I had a yard full of robins for two days last week like they had it figured out and were headed north. our temp chart look like this:
Baker City, OR
Weather averages
Overview
Graphs
MonthHigh / Low(°F)Rain
January34° / 18°6 days
February43° / 25°5 days
March51° / 27°5 days
April59° / 32°5 days
January34° / 18°6 days
February43° / 25°5 days
March51° / 27°5 days
April59° / 32°5 days
May68° / 39°6 days
June77° / 46°7 days
July85° / 51°3 days
August85° / 50°3 days
September76° / 42°3 days
October62° / 34°3 days
November46° / 27°6 days
December38° / 21°6 days
Freezing in May or even June is not unheard of. I am going to have to be careful of my new maples coming in soon and be ready to put them, and others, into a protected area if the temp gets down there. Kind of a pain, but that's the way it is here. I would suppose I could set them on the ground and cover them if it wasn't to far below freezing also. I will guess that if I see any growth started on anything that it will not do well if temps get below freezing and I would need to move it inside.
I could see going out and looking for trees, but if you expect me to do that up in the forests that I have, and then remember where they were...not going to happen. There has to be a device like a garmen or something out there that will allow me to mark the spots on a map and then refer back to it at a later date. Anyone know of a good device for that? Thanks, Peter