Our World Tuesday: Spring Marches on

The birds are continuing to get more and more vocal as spring moves forward.

The bather above is an American Robin and the one below is a male cardinal.

The starling in the next shot looked like he was giving a love tap to his bath mate.

I caught a sunrise last week or rather how it colored the clouds.

The female cardinal seemed to be debating a bath.

Now that I think of it maybe she had already taken a bath and was debating another after her feathers dried out. They look soft and fluffy as if she'd been towel dried, although I guess with birds it's beak dried.

Right when I zoomed in on the black bird he took a flying leap off the branch.

The brown thrasher looked rather charming after her bath.

I think these birds have the most intense eyes.

The oak trees are way ahead of schedule, already getting their pollen presents.

The dogwoods are starting to show signs of blooming. I think this is about when they usually start blooming.

Spring is everywhere I look and way ahead of schedule in terms of some trees and flowers while others usually bloom around now.

The tulip below is one of two that are blooming. Many of my tulips aren't doing well and I suspect they budded too early and got frozen. I didn't check on them when other things were starting in late February which was way too early.

Some of the flowering trees tend to bloom around now and I'm not worried about them.

It's certainly been a pretty month so far in spite of losing some early blooms to frost. Lately it's been staying well above freezing even at night and some days have been almost like summer.

We've had a lot of rainy days but it usually clears up for part of most days.

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