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Today, let’s discuss the music of spring where YOU live! What signals and signs tell you that spring is near (whether they are happening already or not)? And you can even take this question literally: what songs or music put you in a “spring” mood?
I looked out the kitchen window the other day and saw a flash mob of birds. There must have been over a dozen plump gold-crowned sparrows (siblings? cousins?) all skittering and feeding in the bark and gravel. There were a few juncos in the throng trying to remain unobtrusive. There was an aloof towhee or two scratching beneath the thujas, and a tiny wren flitting about beneath the feeder, outnumbered, annoyed by all the newcomers. A curious jay watched from a tree branch. Forget the calendar -- the birds know better.
Today I noticed that purple wandering plant had poked its first leaves out of the ground. I could have told it that winter is not over, but I don’t think it would care! Springtime songs...hmmm ...Oh What a Beautiful Morning... I haven’t hummed that in a few months!
I’ve noticed more and more mornings the mourning dove on the side of the house where they nest, cooing a lot! It’s not everyday, today it’s very cold and windy, a wintry & quiet (except for the wind) day. But, many days show signs that the birds are starting to prepare for baby season!
I looked out the kitchen window the other day and saw a flash mob of birds. There must have been over a dozen plump gold-crowned sparrows (siblings? cousins?) all skittering and feeding in the bark and gravel. There were a few juncos in the throng trying to remain unobtrusive. There was an aloof towhee or two scratching beneath the thujas, and a tiny wren flitting about beneath the feeder, outnumbered, annoyed by all the newcomers. A curious jay watched from a tree branch. Forget the calendar -- the birds know better.
Today I noticed that purple wandering plant had poked its first leaves out of the ground. I could have told it that winter is not over, but I don’t think it would care! Springtime songs...hmmm ...Oh What a Beautiful Morning... I haven’t hummed that in a few months!
I’ve noticed more and more mornings the mourning dove on the side of the house where they nest, cooing a lot! It’s not everyday, today it’s very cold and windy, a wintry & quiet (except for the wind) day. But, many days show signs that the birds are starting to prepare for baby season!
Not really spring signs other than snow turning to ice