I’ve heard the occasional titmouse sing here and there over the course of winter, which has been lovely. Last week I heard a black-capped Chickadee. And this morning things seem to be picking up. I was greeted before it was completely light yet by cheerful Cardinal song and later this morning by some other bird. I couldn’t identify it because it was sitting in a tree in the direction of the sun, unfortunately.
I haven’t yet seen any robins, but I have to think that the increasing rates of singing and the fact that “my” goldfinches are beginning to show patches of sunny yellow are indications that, yes, spring is going to come. Someday, anyway. It’s 16 degrees here at the moment and our temperature forecast for the coming week are nowhere approaching our normal highs. But spring is coming! Now if the snow would go away, that would be easier to believe!
