Spring Has The Upper Hand Over Winter
Our unusual sub zero winter temperatures are a memory now. The Rufus Hummingbirds have returned though a week overdue. In years past they arrived within 24 hours of March 14. They always make their arrival known by flying around the house and peering into all the windows as if to demand we hang up the feeders or else! I spotted the returning Violet Green Swallows checking out our swallow nesting boxes last Sunday. I cleaned off the nest boxes. Feeling a bit guilty about waiting so long to do the nest box housekeeping I opened up the boxes and cleaned out last years straw so new fresh nests could be built. No Turkey Vultures yet but when i see them soaring on thermals above the highway i will know that Spring has finally triumphed in the annual back and forth tug of war between winter and spring.
