Goldfinch

It’s May. We are well over a month into spring, yet it’s just now starting to feel like it.

Back in March, I, like everyone else, got my hopes up that spring was on its way in all its glory because – daffodils were blooming!

Not so, revealed Mother Nature. Up until now, our weather has remained cold and rainy. No one has wanted to go outside and start the spring clean-up, do any gardening, or even sweep off the decks.

Thank goodness for birds. They are soooo reliable. As I have mentioned before, the evening grosbeaks, swallows, goldfinches, pine siskins, and housefinches have returned in their great numbers, brightening up our otherwise gray days.

Here is one such goldfinch. A bright spot during our less-than-ideal spring.

And along with that, today is sunny and warmer.