Heard robins in the pre-dawn darkness

Saw and heard a few red winged blackbirds today

And heard a killdeer as well they are always early spring birds

As stated above I heard at least 3-4 pair of sand hills today. That eerie sound is back.

Bryce

Robins never left this year so no summer birds yet. I did see my first chipmunk.

Quite a few Robins didn't leave Ohio this winter.

Sand hills were back over the weekend. Saw the red-winged black birds and the first bluebird late last week also.
No vultures yet.

My hearings bad so unless the birds are close I can't hear them. Our birds have been fighting over nesting areas already and the male doves are chasing the females around. PIA chipmunks are everywhere but no groundhogs yet. Just a few robins around.

No sandhills here yet....im patiently waiting. Have a permit to harvest a few for the local dairymen.

Heard a few sandhill cranes recently but no sign of specks yet.

I don't know what's with the birds at my place. Early this season I had all kinds of birds hitting my sunflower feeder, mixed feeder, and suet feeder. They seemed to all have disappeared. Yesterday I saw a couple nuthatches, blue jays, one female cardinal, and a couple juncos. Last year I went through 160 pounds of sunflower seeds. This year barely 40 pounds. We still have snow on the ground. I can't figure it out. Anybody else have a similar experience?

Robins are here now. Every day I listen for my favorite song, the Varied Thrush. They only sing in March. Especially early morning and late early evening. They are rare , their song haunting , ethereal.

I didn't realize how much I like hearing birds singing, until last week, when I started hearing lots of birds singing again.

Keith

The feeders have been active and I have to reload frequently.
Was nice to see the variety of finches come back. House and yellows, mostly.
Have a jillion nuthatches and chickadees all winter. Cardinals and jays too.
The really cool thing was the huge flocks of snows settling on cornfields in area. When I come home from work it’s just jaw dropping how many are in fields near me. Impressive numbers.
Jim

I enjoy watching and listening to the nuthatches.Do you ever get the yellow belly sap suckers? I've saw only a few here.

Speckle bellies showed up yesterday and also a huge bunch of blues and snows.

Got back from Texas and found the robins and Grackles here, just before the big snow.

Same thing here, watched them all day before the storm until the hawk swooped in a got dinner. They have been back but the snow is hiding their food on the ground and the trees are picked clean.

Bet they're wishing they had postponed their travels a week.

My lone Red-winged returned yesterday to our cabin feeder. He's a pretty consistent sign prolonged cold is over. Next will be the sapsuckers arriving back.

Woodpeckers are drumming, love the sound

A couple days ago the grackles mobbed the feeders after a snowstorm, but it warmed up and they moved on