 It will happen. Spring will come. It sure doesn't feel like it these days, but it will. Just this morning I took a short drive along the Root River Parkway in West Allis and was treated to the sight and sounds of a red-winged blackbird. A sure sign that spring is on the way. The call of that red-winged blackbird is indeed music to my ears on such a gloomy winter day. It instills hope in my birding spirit.
In fact, this morning, though I saw the blackbird, and a few cardinals, I did not see any others straight away. But I did hear them. So, I practiced a little birding by ear. In addition to the cardinal and the red-winged blackbird, I also heard woodpeckers, chickadees, robins, sparrows, and a few other calls I'm afraid I can't name by heart. Migration is coming, and this year I am ready. Are you? ~ Kimberly
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terri bartlett
4/2/2014 11:03:57 am
I felt the same way when I heard the red wing black bird. I stopped and tilted my ear to catch its song in the distance, wondering if I was imagining it, but no, I heard it. Then I thought, spring is not far away. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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