Wondering what early spring birds you folks have spotted and where you are located. I am in the Twin Cities area, and the goldfinches have returned big time to my feeders.

Redwing Black Bird last week and a Killdeer. Cold days are truly numbered.

Northeast GA

Whip-poor-will showed up here two weeks ago.

What I have noticed most is what is gone. Pine siskins, swamp sparrow and most yellow-bellied sapsucker are gone.

We have great blue heron nesting in the tops of very tall loblolly pines down by the beaver ponds. Still incubating. It gets real noisy after the hatch when the babies are screaming for food and the adults are fending off bald eagles and red-tailed hawks.

Hermit Thrush yesterday at Savanna State Forest. Woodcock this past weekend in Normanna Twp. north of Duluth.

BTW, yer GSD is the wrong color. ;-)

sedges: "Northeast GA


Whip-poor-will showed up here two weeks ago.


What I have noticed most is what is gone. Pine siskins, swamp sparrow and most yellow-bellied sapsucker are gone.


We have great blue heron nesting in the tops of very tall loblolly pines down by the beaver ponds. Still incubating. It gets real noisy after the hatch when the babies are screaming for food and the adults are fending off bald eagles and red-tailed hawks.


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Love the pic!

gravelroad: "Hermit Thrush yesterday at Savanna State Forest. Woodcock this past weekend in Normanna Twp. north of Duluth.

BTW, yer GSD is the wrong color. ;-)

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Beautiful pooch! My pic is of the best dog I ever knew; his name was Otto, and if he were still around and I had to save him or my wife from an oncoming train, well...!

Frenchy19: "Beautiful pooch! My pic is of the best dog I ever knew[.]"

Right back at ya. As was mine.

Heard a grouse drumming this evening.