Last night I heard the spring peepers and the wood frogs croaking out their mating calls. Even though the days are slowly getting warmer here in Michigan, the nights are still cold enough to frost the tips of fallen leaves.
Spring is coming….
A few weeks earlier I saw my first red-winged blackbird . The males always arrive before the females and hang out with the grackle clan around our birdfeeders. They are mostly seen at the top of the tallest trees keeping sentry duty. It’s easy to spot their red and yellow epaulets. Don’t use Robins as the first sign of spring – the Red Winged blackbird is the bird to watch for.
Spring is coming…
The male goldfinches have begun changing their feathers from an olive greenish color towards their bright yellow hue.
Spring is coming…
It’s time to clip pussy willow branches from down by the lake and force forsythia blossoms in the time-honored tradition to celebrate the coming of spring.
Spring is definitely coming….
First the snowdrops arrived, then daffodils!
I don’t want to jinx it, but I think Spring has arrived!
Through the Looking Glass 