First day of spring

March 20, 2012  •  Leave a Comment

Just a tiny wee post today to celebrate the first day of spring....

 

The skylarks are all singing their parachute melodies over the owl fields (good luck larks!)

The chiffchaffs are all now chiff-chaffing in the bare, budding trees.

The moon is new (well.... a day off being new).

The honeybees are out (as are their two-winged dipteran mimics - the drone flies - Elgin (our smallest cat) found and ate one in front of me today).

Winter is indeed over -  (even though some winter thrushes remain - I watched a fieldfare this afternoon, rattle over the owl field).

Long live the spring!

(Photo taken today as I watched the owls just before dusk).

Keywords: chiffchaff, drone fly, fieldfare, first day of spring, honeybee, new moon, skylark

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