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Author: dawnkinster
I'm a long time banker having worked in banks since the age of 17. I took a break when I turned 50 and went back to school. I graduated right when the economy took a turn for the worst and after a year of library work found myself unemployed. I was lucky that my previous bank employer wanted me back. So here I am again, a long time banker. Change is hard.
Change Is Hard 
February 28, 2024 at 1:39 pm
Ahhh… the loud-mouths are back! 😉
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February 28, 2024 at 1:48 pm
Yes! I haven’t heard them, but today they are overwhelming my feeders. Yesterday was 70 and right now it’s snowing here. I remember last year they came back and then we got tons of snow. I always wonder if they’re sorry when they come back early.
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February 28, 2024 at 2:09 pm
I remember the first time I heard them. When I used to work next to a man-made lake, they would swoop at me if I stopped to take pictures “too close to their nest” (Not that I could see it!! Today it is 55 and tomorrow will be 8. Sheesh…
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February 28, 2024 at 1:44 pm
How are you feeling?
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February 28, 2024 at 1:49 pm
I am lots better. I went to band last night! 🙂
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February 28, 2024 at 1:50 pm
Good to hear that. Nurse Penny’s work here is done. You know she is never gonna quit talking about nursing you back to health. 😆
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February 28, 2024 at 3:05 pm
I know!!! Mine came back today!!! I just love redwing blackbirds….
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March 2, 2024 at 8:30 pm
Me too, most of the time. They’re a little overpowering early in the season and then again just before they leave. They eat a LOT! But I love that they are harbingers of spring!
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February 28, 2024 at 4:23 pm
I know spring is in the air when they return!
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March 2, 2024 at 8:30 pm
Absolutely!
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February 28, 2024 at 7:16 pm
A pretty sight!
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March 2, 2024 at 8:30 pm
They sure are. Are they up in Maine yet?
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March 4, 2024 at 8:18 am
Yes, very early this year.
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February 29, 2024 at 4:40 am
What type of birds are they, Dawn? I see Dale calls them “loud mouths”, but is that their actual name? 😅
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February 29, 2024 at 7:36 am
These are red winged blackbird. For me when they show up spring has officially begun.
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February 29, 2024 at 5:28 am
Spring! I’m still looking for a robin.
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March 2, 2024 at 8:31 pm
Really? We have tons of robins around here now…and the blackbirds…waiting on the blue herons still. Sandhill cranes are coming in pretty fast too.
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March 2, 2024 at 7:45 pm
The birds don’t know what to make of our Michigan weather these days!
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March 2, 2024 at 8:32 pm
They sure don’t! I remember one winter/spring we had a robin sitting on our heated birdbath during a blizzard. He looked quite disgruntled.
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March 2, 2024 at 10:32 pm
Those robins seem to have a perpetual scowl. I have to start watching my coach light at the front door, a favorite place for nest-making in the “bend” of the light. I resort to putting a box up there to thwart nest building … it will look like “House Beautiful” after I do that. 🙂
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