Date: 1/26/26 4:13 pm From: Edge Wade <1edgewade...> Subject: Re: A sign of spring?
Gotta laugh, when the best sign of spring you can muster is a single
Red-winged Blackbird. I also have had only one.
Spring seems a remote concept.
Edge Wade
Columbia, MO
<1edgewade...>
On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 5:11 PM paul konarske <pkonarske1...> wrote:
> Coldest day of year so far. Lots of snow.
> I see the feeders are busy. Besides the local mockingbird, I see a
> grackle.
>
> I take a look and there's a flock of 8 grackles and.... wait a minute... a
> male red- winged blackbird! Only one.
>
> Now we can at least think about the arrival of spring!
>
>
> Bird on,
> Paul konarske
> Wildwood, Mo.
>
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