The Sounds of Spring

What signals the arrival of Spring?  

Is it a date on the calendar?  The temperature outside?  

The flowers that we see popping up?

It may be all of these - but it is also the Sounds We Hear.

I know that Spring has arrived when I hear the

arrival of the Red-winged Blackbirds 

This guy was FAR away but
I got a decent shot with my 500mm lens.  
Hurray for long lenses! 

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. 

~ Hal Borland

I am linking to an AWESOME video of a 
Red-winged Blackbird
You will hear what I mean - a very distinctive call
click -  HERE 

Male Cardinal

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cardinals are abundant in my area, but for those of you that haven't seen (or heard) these lovely birds in person - I am posting a link to their sweet voice - 

HERE 

Don't they sound lovely?

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Song Sparrow Sweetness

In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence. 

- Robert Lynd

Sweet little birds that are abundant in my area - and they sing such a pretty song.

A link to the music he makes is - HERE 

White-breasted Nuthatch and His Song

And the song, from beginning to end, I found in the heart of a friend.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

More White-breasted Nuthatches - HERE 

A Link to the White-breasted Nuthatch Songs and Calls can be found

HERE

Mourning Dove Music

There's music in the sighing of a reed;
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres.
- Lord Byron

We have an abundance of doves here at my house - but I never tire of seeing their sweet little faces and listening to the lovely "coo" they make. Click HERE for A link to their sweet voice.