#100HappyDays :: Day 36

B captured this photo yesterday morning inside our tea rose tree.  What a perfect shot; two babies, and two beautiful blue eggs ready to hatch.  New life always brings happy moments.

Something in the Air

 I do not know what it was, but yesterday when I was driving the kids home we encountered quite an event.  It lasted for about 30 minutes and then disappeared as quickly as it had begun.  The sky filled with geese.  The pictures do not begin to do it justice. 

This was much more than the typical nightly heading into the roosting grounds.  This was my early carpool, so mid afternoon.  Hundreds upon hundreds of geese filled the entire sky overhead and were flying frantically with no organization, and in every which direction.  As they would circle in clouds, the deafening sound of their honking would fade in and out.

At the same time, when I dropped off our carpool, one of the trees in front of his house filled with robins.  Odd this late in the season and being so cold out.  There was easily two dozen of them hopping around trying to gain footing on the frozen branches. 

The sky was crystal clear and the moon was just rising in the East.  There must have been something in the air, maybe a warning of today's coming snows.

Sighting!

We were running a few last minute pre-snow errands during lunch today and when we pulled up back at home the little buck-thorn tree was alive with birds.  There were at least thirty of them, and when I looked closer the majority of them were robins!  We may be expecting a heavy wet snow this afternoon and evening, but this first true sign of spring just sprung!

Normally when we see these little cedar waxwings they are chasing and dive bombing the robins, today they are all after the berries with wild abandon catching their fill before the storm.  Looks like March is headed our way like a lion!

**Update 1 hour later..the snow just started and it's blowing like crazy!  These little birds won't leave a solid meal!