Birds

Again I am fascinated by birds. They have begun their journey back to the mountains. I love their sounds. The geese, who have not left the area, talk in pairs as they head to and from their chosen dining places. I can just imagine some gander telling the goose how things are done as they fly over my cabin. I love to watch them as they are usually in two's. Paired for life - what a fabulous thing! I wonder if they have divorces or separations among them and if they do, if they are gossiped about and ostracised by all?

I have the pretty little birds with the cherry red chests stocking up on the bird seed. They seem to get more and more tame with each season. I am guessing me and my cabin are becoming part of the landscape for them. They are always flying by with the hope the feeders will be full. Robin Red Breast was in the yard. So much bigger than the other birds, he surveys his surroundings, searching for the night crawlers that are beginning to move.

I have this one huge crow that loves to sit in the tree and laugh at me. Probably not really a laugh but it just sounds so much like one that I always look at him and tell him to be quiet. He actually was sitting out watching me the day I took my half gainer on the ice. And as expected, he laughed!

Promises of spring are everywhere. The birds are trying so hard to pull it on in! I am so ready!