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 

Another Wet One!

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. 

- John Updike 

 Not a wet bird this time - but a wet flower.  I think flowers are so lovely when they have raindrops on them.

  I was able to shoot this video (the the sliding glass door of course) of a Grackle at the feeder.  I think his iridescent feathers showed up pretty good.  What do you think?