[Magdalen] Is it spring yet?

[Jay Weigel]

S/O's orange dendrobium orchid is blooming on the windowsill, a sure sign
of Forevuary. It invariably blooms the first week of the month.

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Some of my birds seem to think so! Yesterday there were two pairs of
> bluebird singing their little hearts out over by the boxes. I just hope
> they don't plan to nest anytime soon, because the babies will freeze!
>
> But looking out my kitchen window right now, I can see three enormous
> crows eating cracked corn on the ground, blue jays, mourning doves,
> cardinals, juncos, chickadees, titmice, lots of blue jays, a Carolina wren,
> a downy and a red-bellied woodpecker at the suet feeder, and a couple of
> sparrows. Some starlings left a little while ago. Haven't seen any house
> finches or goldfinches this morning, but they're around.
>
> Now, all of these are around all winter, but so far the bluebirds are the
> only ones tuning up for spring. It won't be long!