Countdown to Spring & BOTW

This morning I could hear more variety of songs in my backyard.  I think they are encouraging us to start the Bird of the Week, but that is totally up to San as to when it begins.  But I can tell the birds are itching to be recognized merely by their songs whether we can see them or not.  This morning I also had the privilege of seeing a Red Tailed Hawk in a nearby tree.  There are a lot of us up and out very early, so its always a privilege to spot as many birds as I can in my short ride to work.

We had a comment that we should get out of our backyards for our birding adventures, but I must admit I have seen more birds in my backyard than I imagine the average person does.  It may be due in part because we look for them and are aware of them so naturally we spot them.  I've seen a Rose Breasted  Grosbeak, Baltimore Orioles, Pheasants, Northern Bobwhites and a Peacock, yes I said Peacock in all his glory.  Albeit that was a rare sighting since it must have been someone's pet., but we saw it nonetheless.  I truly hope this spring we find as wide a variety of birds, not only in our backyards but wherever our adventures take us.