Yes, indeed it won't be long.  Yesterday morning, within the span of
approximately 2 minutes, I heard singing White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown
Creeper, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Black-capped Chickadee, and
Tufted Titmouse at Halfmoon Cove in Colchester.

Allan

At 07:22 AM 2/22/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Sure sign that spring is coming: Peter, Peter, Peter outside my window at
>6:30 this morning.  How can such a little bird be so LOUD?  Won't have any
>trouble waking up in the morning from now on!  He sounds so cheerful though,
>that I can't help but get up and join him.
>
>Been listening to territorial calls of chickadees and cardinals for a couple
>weeks or more, and noticing that the goldfinches (the few that Roy has left
>me <grin>) are yellowing up pretty quickly now with the sun.  I expect that
>it won't be long now before the mornings are again a rousing cacaphony of
>birdsong.
>
>Dayle Ann
>Proctor (near Beaver Pond)
>
>


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Allan M. Strong
University of Vermont
School of Natural Resources
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Burlington, VT 05405
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