Rain comes, and birds...
Silhouettes against the pearlescent sky...
Respond excitedly in song.
They open their throat to heaven's nectar.
And rhyme with the drops.
Deng Ming~Dao
We have the rain today, but I think the birds are still in Virginia.....well almost all of the birds.
One of the things that I love most about Spring is the first time I wake up in the morning and realize that the birds are back home again....when I hear their happy little voices again. Tuesday while I was sitting at my desk working, I heard a solitary happy chirp. It wasn't one of our Winter bird chirpers....this one was different. It was definitely one of our Summer chirpers!
While we were traveling down to Virginia, I noticed the birds flying in their northward pattern. Hmmm..............this little chirper, must be one speedy flyer to make it all the way to New Hampsire so soon :-)
Manise needs to send some of her birds over to me. I'm hearing the difference in the morning sounds, both in type of bird, and quantity. But no robins! No pileated woodpeckers!
Oh, and today? No green lawn!
Posted by: Laurie | Saturday, March 17, 2007 at 08:01 AM
I'm in Northern Virginia and we've got the rain and the birds. I did see a great gaggle of geese heading north in a spectacular formation yesterday. In fact I almost walked off of the sidewalk while looking up!
Posted by: Christine | Friday, March 16, 2007 at 09:00 AM
The morning cacophony of returning birds all competing to be heard is heartening. I had a flock of robins all over my now green lawn, a Piliated woodpecker drumming, several sets of Carolina wrens looking to set up shop/ nest. Spring is near.
Posted by: Manise | Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 03:13 PM
Yeah Spring!
We've had nice weather all week but tonight its going back down in the 30s...so I hope our birds have wing warmers. :)
Ruinwen
:)
Posted by: Ruinwen | Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 01:55 PM
Yup, I heard spring chirpers when I went outside earlier today. It is such a lovely sound!
Posted by: Norma | Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 12:46 PM
I saw my first red wing blackbird yesterday. Yay!
Posted by: Carole | Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 11:44 AM
I'm in central VA, and they're on their way! Our robins are back. I wonder if some of your summer birds are our winter birds. The funny thing is many of our summer birds go even farther South for winter. A lot stay, but we do notice a difference in the summer and winter birds.
Posted by: Margaret | Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 10:54 AM
The Purple Martins have returned to our area and each morning I'm awakened to their song...so much nicer than an alarm clock.
Posted by: Wool Winder | Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 10:00 AM
We sure do have the rain though. The birds can't be too far behind!
Posted by: Cheryl | Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 09:07 AM