Sunday, February 25, 2007, 11:11 pm
Who cooks for you?
DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS — This morning, something happened to me that’s never happened before. I awoke to the call of a White-winged Dove.
I’d been expecting the doves to show up eventually; I’d seen them only a few blocks away from my apartment. And after the initial wake-up call this morning, I saw them several times throughout the day, and often heard their calls.
For years, I’ve thought that white-wings say, “Who cooks for you?” I know that’s what Barred Owls are supposed to say, but the rhythm of certain white-winged calls is nearly identical.
Mourning Doves, Great-tailed Grackles, starlings, cardinals, House Finches, and mockingbirds all sang in the sunshine too. Spring is coming!
David J. Ringer
on 02 Mar 2007 at 9:50 am 1.David said …
Yes it is! Keep an eye on that radar!
http://snipurl.com/CorpusNEXRAD
Cool Blog.
Cheers-
David
on 06 Mar 2007 at 5:00 pm 2.Anders said …
I long for that time yet - early mornings and the spring birds singing. It has started a little in Sweden with the early Coal Tit, but apart from that… still quiet.
I spent the weekend in Bavaria, Germany where spring is gaining serious momentum and the Blackbird, the Mistle Thrush and a few others were already going at it.
This week I’m in Oslo on business and I think I’ve heard the Blackbird and maybe even a Winter Wren through a half open meeting room window. Oslo is slightly milder than Stockholm, so maybe it’s slightly ahead in seasons.
Cheers from a hotel room in Oslo!/Anders