If spring so far has failed to live up to your expectations, look upon the season as Gerard Manley Hopkins did:
Nothing is so beautiful as spring-
When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;
Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush
Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring
The ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing…
Will you listen for the lightning-strike of thrush song this weekend?
Subtle signs of spring are seeping through the frost covering the upper holds of the Empire State. I daresay I might get out to examine the burgeoning season more closely this weekend. Corey plans to welcome early NYC migrants through the crosshairs of his spotting scope.
How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below.
Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend!
Not sure because this is our wedding anniversary weekend but I hope I can get in some birding some where in Costa Rica.
Off to the Sandhill Crane Festival in Othello, WA. Can’t wait, although it looks like it might rain!