The female red-winged blackbirds and brown-headed cowbirds showed up over the weekend.  The male posturing and courting has moved into full swing.  A third male purple finch and several females arrived.  The first fox sparrow and chipping sparrow of the spring showed up yesterday morning.

A flock of juncos must be passing through - we were down to about 6 and now we are back up to 30+.

The phoebe that showed up in the adjacent woods last week is now calling in trees  and on fence wires around our horse pastures.

A pair of crows struts around our front yard every morning to gather the stale bread I put out for them.

The bluebird pair must have their nest ready, they were mating yesterday morning in a snowy wind.  I hope they know what they are doing - still quite chilly to be laying eggs.  Maybe they were just practicing.

We still have 60+ pine siskins.  Groups of 6-8 are starting to take baths together in our water garden streams.