Songs and Signs of Spring

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Besides the cavity nesting birds that use the boxes on our nest box trail, we have many beautiful birds nesting in the trees and shrubs on our property. Some of our favorites include the Northern Cardinal, Eastern Towhee, Pine Warbler, Mourning Dove and Red Shouldered Hawk.

Though their apearance is not as showy as some, in my book, Northern Mockingbirds are one of the most beautiful songsters in our habitat. In spring, male Mockingbirds sit high in trees and go through a repetoire of sounds and songs that would make an opera singer envious.

 

Oh, there's music
   In the forests
And there's music
   In the glen
As the birds
   Are warbling greetings
To the spring
   That's come again.

All their piping
   Is so merry
That the woodlands
   Seem to ring
With the praises
   Of the bird Songs
For the coming
   Of the spring.

Join the joyous
   Woodland chorus
And raise high
   Your voice in cheer--
Join the bird songs
   In thanksgiving
For the springtime
   Of the year.

Reference: Poetry Place Anthology by Instructor Books, 1983.

A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings, while incense is ever flowing from the balsam bells and leaves. No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself.

 

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.

 

Spring is the time when our yard is at it's peak. We concentrate on native plants and old-fashioned, pass-along flowers and so many of these bloom in spring. The fifty year old camellia japonica shrubs start blooming in January and continue on through March. The native and oriental azaleas follow in February and March along with an assortment of wildflowers that really put on a show. Check out the lenses below to take a virtual tour of our yard. You also may enjoy the Folsom Native Plant Society website where you'll find many more photos of the beautiful native plants of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
 

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When Spring came,
Leaves grew with a green fresh feeling,
And the warmth of the sun
Was beginning to be felt,
And the Animals of the Earth
Awoke, breathing the fresh new smell
Of life all over again.

It's like the wind,
Gently blowing,
Making love to everything
Before it moves on
Yet returning.
 

Reference: Poetry Place Anthology by Instructor Books, 1983.

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