A starling’s yellow bill points to spring.

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote,  “A birdie with a yellow bill

Hopped upon my window sill,

Cocked his shining eye and said:

"Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-head!"

The fox sparrow is a lovely bird that hops forward and then hops back in a double-scratching process of searching for food in leaf litter.

Did we get enough snow this past winter? This was my birthday present, so I think we did.