Hi Tweeters:

May 2, 2005
When I stepped outdoors this morning I could not believe the almost
deafening bird song! The only other time in my life I experienced bird
song reaching such decibels was at a cottage in Amboise, France, May
30, 1979. In my yard the choir consisted of hundreds of Black-headed
and Evening Grosbeaks, Pine Siskens, American Goldfinches, Robins,
Purple Finches, Yellow-rumped and Nashville Warblers, House wrens with
Flickers and a lone Crow keeping beat in the background plus Tree and
Violet Swallows twittering too. Wow I guess this is the migration
everyone is talking about! There were large flocks of grosbeaks,
siskens and finches feasting on dandelion seed in the yard. Perhaps
this is one of the reasons they stopped here in addition to the pond
and the blooming maple trees.

Joy Stickney-Markgraf
near White Salmon, WA
email: joymarkgraf at gorge.net
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