An afternoon
trip to the mailbox brought a most wonderful surprise. As soon as the door opened, I heard the distinctive
trilling. My heart leapt with joy at the
return of a dear friend: the Red-winged Blackbird. In the summer, he lives in the cattails over on the South
Pond, but spends most of his day here snacking, or singing--perched high in his
favorite red oak tree. The friendly and talkative Red-winged Blackbird is a sure sign of seasonal change, but I cannot
recall another spring when his arrival has
preceded the Eastern Phoebes—usually the harbingers of warm weather to
Bon Bon Pond. 
Listen to the
call of the Red-winged Blackbird:
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