A Sound of Spring...the Mockingbird...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

A mockingbird just started up his nightly song, outside my window...

I just love listening to it!

It says...spring is here...

What says spring to you?

[texanwitch]

1. We have a pair of mockingbirds that rule one corner of the yard.

They nest in a big cedar tree, no other birds or oats allowed.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear texanwitch!

So, do you get to see babies?

I've never had that...

I get the song...

:hi:

[texanwitch]

3. Only after the babies can fly.

Even then the parent birds guard the babies.

Our cats have learned to stay away.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. The parents can really be ferocious...

How cool you get to see them, though!

[texanwitch]

5. The young birds are really cute without all their flight feathers.

We lost a lot of birds because of Hurricane Ike.

The bird population is not the same.

We also lost a lot of trees.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. A lot of damage from Ike...

Some things won't recover...

:hug:

[texanwitch]

7. We lost a lot of local birds.

The ones that didn't have a place to hid the winds.

I don't need to refill the bird feeders as much as last year.

We lost a lot of our wooded area, the center was cut.

It was a big patch of woods, a place for the birds to ride out a storm.

The woods was native, never cut.

It was a great place to walk and bird watch, and small animals lived there.

The Gulf coast area has not recovered, it is really sad.

[sarge43]

8. Daffodils, male goldfinches in their MacLeod tartan, insane robins

bouncing around the yard, prep'ing the veggie and herb gardens, not having to suit up like an astronaut to check mail, the frog's evening song, the green mist in the budding trees, the yeasty scent of warm earth after a gentle rain.

I love Spring.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear sarge43!

It's my favorite season too...

Out here in California, we don't have a lot of the same things you do, but the green mist in the trees we do have!

It's so lovely...

[sarge43]

17. Especially with dark rain clouds behind them, but sunlight still shining on them.

They glow with an almost unearthly light.

[TZ]

9. Cherry Blossoms

Although we are about a week past that now I have a pretty Cherry Blossom tree outside my window . Everyone should try to visit DC during Cherry Blossom season ...Spectacular:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear TZ!

Ah, I have seen the cherry blossoms in DC...

They are magnificent!

I love how they're planted around the reflecting pool...

:hi:

[RebelOne]

10. I'm seeing a lot of robins now here in North Georgia. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear RebelOne...

There's a western robin too, but I haven't seen them here...

I remember robins from my childhood in Illinois. I loved them...

:hi:

[Arkansas Granny]

14. I haven't heard any mockingbirds singing at night yet this year. I just recently learned

that it is only the bachelor males that sing at night. I've been watching a nest full of cardinals in my climbing rose on the front fence. There are three in the next and it's at a height that makes it really easy to check when the parents aren't at the nest. I just discovered them last weekend.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. My dear Arkansas Granny!

Ah, I think I've heard that, that the bachelor males are the ones who sing...

Looking for a mate...

And how cool you can see into that nest! You'll get to watch the whole nesting bit!

Are you close enough to take some pictures? How cool that would be...

:hi:

[Shell Beau]

15. Freshly cut grass! I love the smell.

It reminds me of being a kid.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear Shell Beau!

I believe you would, after the long, hard winters you get!

Some smells take us right back to childhood...

:hug:

[Roon]

16. When the bulbs start poking up

When me and my Ex first moved in here ten years ago..he did nothing but plant bulbs. He must have planted 300 of them. But they grow and look so pretty. Irises nnd other bulbs i have no idea what they are called.

My ex has been gone for 6 years now but every spring his bulbs pop up and flower. I really enjoy them as do my Grandparents. I like the robin family that lives around here too. We have doves and their coos drive me crazy with my hearing aids. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!?! Oh, it's just a dove.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. My dear Roon!

Bulbs do really well where there are cold winters...

We have some here, but not the way you do. We also have doves but I haven't heard them as much recently as I have the mockingbirds.

:hug:

[Roon]

22. Thanks,Peggy

My Grandfather taught me to love bulbs. Too bad my ex had to be such an asshole...his loss.

[hibbing]

21. When I don't have to wear thermal underwear to stay warm!

Hi Peggy,
The mockingbirds sound lovely. Of course there are always others like when I finally get to plant tomatoes! I'm heading to California tomorrow to meet my sweet little Grand Niece Amelia Ann.

Peace

[blueknight]

23. the smell of wild onions,

and the freshly mowed grass:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. My dear blueknight!

I'll bet the wild onions are wonderful!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. My dear hibbing!

I had to wear thermal underwear when I went east for the inauguration, and that saved my life!

Hey...have a wonderful visit with your Grand Niece Amelia Ann...

:hug:

[CreekDog]

24. the hills are still green and the flowers are blooming

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. My dear CreekDog!

Yeah, those things say spring to me too...

:hi:

[Odin2005]

25. The flowing of the crab-apples, cherries, and related trees of the rose family.

And the return of migrating song-birds.

Yes, I'm a male that's a sucker for pretty flowers! :rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. My dear Odin2005...

Hey, there's nothing wrong, or strange, about being a male who's a sucker for pretty flowers!

:hi:

[Odin2005]

32. LOL, thanks.

:hi:

[trof]

26. Listen to the Mockingbird

Listen to the Mockingbird

Last night I dreamed of my Halley
Of my Halley, my sweet Halley
Last night I dreamed of my Halley
For the thought of her is one that never dies

She's sleeping now in the valley
In the valley, my sweet Halley
She's sleeping now in the valley
And the Mockingbird is singing where she lies

Listen to the Mockingbird, listen to the Mockingbird
Oh the Mockingbird is singing oe'er her grave
Listen to the Mockingbird, listen to the Mockingbird
Still singing where the yellow roses grow

How well do I yet remember
I remember, I remember
How well do I yet remember
For the thought of her is one that never dies

It was in that sweet September
In September, I remember
It was in that sweet September
That the Mockingbird was singing far and wide

Listen to the Mockingbird, listen to the Mockingbird
Oh the Mocking bird still singing oe'er her grave
Listen to the Mockingbird, listen to the Mockingbird
Oh the Mockingbird still singing in the spring

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. My dear trof...

How beautiful...

And sad.

Thanks for sharing it...

:hi:

[ashling]

33. Bluebonnets

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My dear ashling!

Those are beautiful!

And get a load of the bee in the last one!

Thanks for sharing, sweetie...

:hug:

[Xipe Totec]

35. Forsythia

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. My dear Xipe Totec!

What stunning flowers!

Seems to me that I remember these having a wonderful scent...

Thank you for sharing...

:hug:

[Skittles]

37. oh yeah, they are nice until they dive-bomb ya

I got one absolutely tormenting me daily when I leave for work apparently because I pass by "HIS" tree :mad:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. Ya want I should kick some dive-bombing ass?

I can, you know!

yes INDEED


How'd I do? Pretty good Skittles imitation, right?


I'm sorry to hear about that...my bird just sings.

:hug:

[Skittles]

39. My Dear Miss Peggy!

you did just fine! YEE HAW! :hi: