Yesterday a pair of house finches stopped by our backyard briefly.  Most likely they are just the first wave passing through, but it was great to see them again.

After a week absence, the female bluebird returned.  She was perched in a tree above the mealworm feeder fluttering her wings.  The male bluebird flew out of the mealworm box, perched next to her and fed her a mealworm.  Guess he was rewarding her for coming back.  They are spending lots of time by one of the nest boxes in our backyard.

The springtime chorus of birds is gaining momentum.  At any given time, I hear 4 or more birds singing or doing their territory calls.  At one point I heard crows, chickadees, pine siskins, bluejays, red-winged blackbirds, bluebirds, a titmouse, dueling cardinals, a red-tailed hawk screech and a flicker in the distance - music to my ears!