Date: 3/13/26 10:17 am From: Charlie La Rosa <charlie.larosa...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Signs of Spring
Lots of goldfinches here. First bits of yellow on just a few of them.
Evening grosbeaks still here daily in good numbers along with the usual set
of winter birds. Ravens are nesting in usual spots. Chickadees and titmice
starting their spring calls. Haven't noticed the cardinal pair in quite a
while. Anticipating first phoebe before long.
FOS:
Monday...grackle
Tuesday...redwing
Wednesday...robin
Thursday...song sparrow
Friday...still some time left
Still plenty of snow in the yard. Bare ground showing up on sunny windswept
fields and wooded hillsides facing south. Still using snowshoes in the
sugarbush.
I guess winter is weakening and spring is around the corner.
Charlie LaRosa
So. Washington
I would like to see every single soldier on every single side, just take
off your helmet, unbuckle your kit, lay down your rifle, and set down at
the side of some shady lane, & say nope, I ain't gonna kill nobody. Plenty
of rich folks wants to fight. Give them the guns. - *Woody Guthrie, 1939*
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:58 PM Barclay Ellen Morris <bemorris...>
wrote:
> So many of us rejoice in noting the return of summer species marking the
> beginning of spring. However, my favorite has always been when one of my
> ubiquitous Gold Finches shows up with bright yellow splotches on him.
> Hooray, in Grand Isle, today is that day!
> Barclay
> East Shore Grand Isle
>
