This morning I woke to the constant and
joyous singing of a cardinal.
I did not see the cardinal, but it is
one bird I can identify by all its vocal communication whether it is by song or
by call.
The singing went on for at least one hour. I made an out loud statement, “He thinks it
is spring.” All my yard birds get very
chatting when spring arrives.
I also identified a yellow-bellied
sapsucker hammering at my sugar maple. Gathering
sap and insects already? Well, maybe
spring has arrived.
Today, the air temperatures rose into
the 60’s. Spring-like to be sure.
Unfortunately, tomorrow’s forecast is
alerting to yet another winter storm.
Upwards of 10” is possible. Our
snow piles just melted from our last arctic blast!
Two weeks ago, I promised a neighbor
that we would plow out his drive the next time it snows. He laughed and added, “Hopefully, we are
finished with snow this season.” I guess
not.
That cardinal…he was probably happy not
because it was getting on into spring, but because another winter storm was
approaching. After all, the cardinal is
a snow bird.
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