Subject: [Tweeters] Signs of spring
Date: Mar 13 13:19:14 2008
From: Melissa McKenzie - bmsh.mckenzie at gte.net


Looking out my window at the forsythia budding, the Indian plum in bloom, I
was thinking that spring is definitely on its way. Then occurred one of the
many tell tale signs on spring. The flickers have once again found the
furnace exhaust pipe on the neighbors house.(happily not my house's pipe
yet) The rat-a-tat-tat on the metal as well as the calling of the birds
says spring has arrived.

Yesterday I watched an Anna's hummingbird defend a bit of territory from a
song sparrow, chirping and buzzing the sparrow who pretty much ignored the
Anna's and just kept on singing from his perch at the top of a small tree.

Other yard birds have been pairing up and the chorus of bird song coming in
through the open window in the early morning has been a joy.

Happy Spring Everyone! Even if the calendar doesn't say so.




Melissa McKenzie
bmsh.mckenzie at gte.net
Kenmore By The Lake