Hey tweets, Savannah Sparrows showed up at the Fill yesterday. Huzzah.
I love those little guys with their buzzy songs, which must be as
appealing to their own ears as Mozart is to ours.

I know science tells us that Savannah Sparrows winter only as far
south as California and Baja, so they don't have to travel far in
migration, nor are their migratory challenges all that great.
Nevertheless, every spring I find myself wondering if they will return
at all. There are so many reductions in habitat worldwide, so much
pressure on the birds from human activity, including global climate
change, that I do worry about all the spring migrants. It gives me a
real sense of how the Stonehengers must have felt about the sun
returning north after a long winter. The winter solstice must have
been a very nervous-making time for them, wondering if the days really
would start to get longer. When they did begin to lengthen, the
jubilation must have been about as intense as the happiness I felt
yesterday. Spring has indeed sprung. - Connie, Seattle

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