4-2

4-2
Birds are on the move!
Today a Fox Sparrow scratched through the leaf litter along a fence row. A Grackle fed under a neighbor's feeders. Two Phoebes hunted in a willow thicket beside the West River. A Tree Sparrow flitted overhead. A pair of Red-shouldered hawks circled over my woodlot. And hundreds of Canada Geese streamed north, many at such altitudes that they were visible only with binoculars.
It seems that spring picked up its pace today. The laggard season caught up. Last year Tree Swallows arrived in my yard on 4-4; Phoebes on 4-2!
John