Hi All: Looking out at the drabness of today, it is hard to reconcile that spring is coming, but the birds are giving voice to the fact that it really is so. It has been immensely cheering this past week to walk on to the deck to be greeted by the song of house-finch, cardinal and carolina wren. A pair of chickadees are also visiting the feeders together, presumably they are thinking of setting up house in the not too distant future. Hopefully they will not be sabotaged this year by the arrival of the house wrens. Leslie Fisher