We've had warmer days this winter, but for some reason the past couple of days there seemed to be just the slighted, tiniest, whisper-breath hint of something resembling Spring, in the air...
The days have been just a little brighter, just a little longer. The birds seem to be somehow slightly more active, singing and chirping just a bit more...
A quick run through the Stebbins Wildlife area in Longmeadow confirmed these inklings: The Blackbirds are back. Praise all that is warm and humid; the Blackbirds...are back.
I know, I know. We'll probably get walloped with a couple feet of snow this weekend and my allusions will turn to illusions. But still, to hear the Blackbirds' referee-whistle-like calls in the air again is a hopeful sound.
Stebbins was alive with action, with the bird feeders set up alongside the water turned into a battleground between sparrows, titmice, and woodpeckers...
At the moment, the ducks chose to stand above the freezing water rather than be in it.
Meanwhile the alien-looking Wood Ducks hung out, well, in the woods...
It was a wild scene, literally. And a Beaver even appeared to punctuate the springlike mood with a slap of the water.
Ah yes. won't be long now...
2 comments:
Good shot of the red wings on the blackbird. I've been feeling like spring is not so far away too.
Love the pictures of the beaver.
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