Fresh as a Bird on the First Day of Spring!

28 Comments on “Fresh as a Bird on the First Day of Spring!”

1. The finches do look happy. 🙂
   We had rain yesterday, and more rain today. Not a very exciting start to Spring in Beetley.
   Best wishes, Pete.

   • Thanks, Pete. The finch seemed to look right at me and smile! 🙂 We had so much rain on Monday that Tuesday was quite a surprise! Hopefully the atmospheric river has moved on, but we shall see.

2. Oh wow! I don’t think I’ve ever seen juncos before. They’re cute!😀

   • They are very plentiful in my garden! 🙂

3. Yay, for birds, bringing us the fresh signs of spring, Susanne! Beautiful captures and I’m hoping we get to see many more. Yesterday above our house, flying along, I saw Canada geese, ravens and turkey vultures. Along with those, I saw two bald eagles, one adult, and one youngster floating along (we’re a quarter-mile from Lake Spokane). The sky was too gray to get a decent pic, plus my camera was in the house–next time! A great start to March! Your last image of the finch just made me smile!

   • Thanks, Terri! Sounds like you hit the jackpot of big birds yesterday! I love having the little birds visit my garden. The finch seemed to look right at me and smile! 🙂

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5. It looks balmy there!

   • Yesterday was balmy, today pouring rain! Good weather returns for the weekend. 🙂

     • We’re also having topsy-turvy weather. -2 degrees, then 70, then 22 all within a week. Whiplash!

6. Our juncos (NE Ohio) don’t have black heads – they are slate-gray all over on top. Are these a different species or just a variant ? I’ve read that there are variant colors showing up. Very pretty birds !

   • I live in the Pacific NW. According to the Western Peterson field guide, the variety in my photo is the Dark-eyed Junco, aka the “Oregon” junco. The male has a darker hood than the female. I think the other colors used to be considered subspecies but now all considered one. I believe the one you describe is the slate-colored junco found mostly east of the Rockies.

7. Great photos!!

   • Thank you! 😊

8. What beautiful little birds!! Twilight would be delighted— Good thing she’s still asleep!

   • Yes, indeed! 😸😺

9. So interesting to see the different birds you get compared to ours in the UK 🙂

   • Thank you! These are some of my regulars. 😊

10. Those are great photos and a great take on the theme.

    • Thank you so much! 🙂

11. Quite personable, I think. Donna

    • Thanks so much! Friendly birds indeed!

12. Cute birdy pics! ❤️

    • Thank you! I’m always happy for their visitation! 🙂 🙂

13. Our juncos leave here for the summer and don’t return until it is quite cold. Do yours stay year round?

    • Yes. They stay here year round.

14. Lovely

    • Thank you!