I was awakened this morning by the lovely, twittery, warbling song of a Purple Finch who was making an early morning foray to my feeder. I watch as it takes a seed, turns it with its tongue as it cracks and discards the shell, swallows it, SINGS! And begins again...
The first Fox Sparrows are here this AM, jumping and scratching at the leaves alongside the junco flock... They have a lovely song, too! Holly Peirson Columbus, Anoka Co. Also have the first Tzzips of the White-throated Sparrows, and the longer rattling songs and buzzy calls of the hold-over juncos, the song sparrow out over the marsh, bluebirds, goldfinches, cardinal's "what-cheer" song, and both phoebe's (one from each side of the house), singing this AM. Have I mentioned that we also are hosting a melanistic 'black' squirrel who has blue eyes? Very elegant! It seems smaller and thinner than the regular Eastern Grey and/or Fox Squirrels.
