Multi-shaded greens form cracks against the dreary brown of skeleton trees and softening hard ground.
Blades of grass begin testing the air, slowly at first, and then more boldly and in greater numbers, as pink and white dogwood blossoms make lush bouquets of tree “stems” lining the streets and parks. Bird songs, alien to winter, begin their spring celebration.
American Patriot (Snowy Egret) 0Z83345
Playing with Boris (Chipping Sparrow) 0Z88425
The Great Staredown (Red Fox) 0Z89088
I'm Stumped! (Red-Bellied Woodpecker) 0Z81266
Signaling Spring (Eastern Phoebe) 0Z84460
Hi Bud! (Eastern Phoebe) 0Z83875
Solitude (Double-Crested Cormorant) 0Z88792
Shrieker (Tree Swallow) 0Z80518
Isn't She Lovely (Hooded Merganser) 0Z88170
How Much Wood? (Wood Duck) 0Z87821
Thinking Capped (Palm Warbler) 0Z88842
If I Build It (Blue Jay) 0Z88231
Seeing Double (Double-Crested Cormorant) 0Z89827
Homemaker (Black-Capped Chickadee) 0Z81236
Lucille and Ricky (Turkey Vulture) 0Z81801
Friend or Foe? (Chipmunk) 0Z89729
Seesaw (Palm Warbler) 0Z87733
You Know You Love Me! (Tree Sw0Z80710
Or Else! (Tree Swallow) 0Z80740
My Kissy Face (Tree Swallow) 0Z80749
Lorre (Brown Creeper) 0Z88212
Making the Bed (Blue Jay) 0Z88234
Faith (Pine Warbler) 0Z88894
Flasher (Brown Creeper) 0Z89111
Get Your Feet Under You (Brown Creeper) 0Z89159
All the Right Curves (Hermit Thrush) 0Z89365
Grounded (American Goldfinch) 0Z89488
Patched Up (White-Tailed Deer) 0Z80861
Precision (Black-Capped Chickadee) 0Z81197
Union Employee (Black Capped Chickadee) 0Z81208
Fun-House Mirror (Red-Bellied Woodpecker) 0Z81256
Figurehead (Northern Flicker) 0Z81278
If a Wood Duck Could Duck Wood (Wood Duck) 0Z81319
Ally Ooop! (Great Egret) 0Z81677
Splash Down! (Great Egret) 0Z81732
Table Manners (Turkey Vulture) 0Z81884
The Upside-Down (Brown Creeper) 0Z85830
More Worms! (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z85969
Turn Over a New One (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z86165
Prey for Me (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z86186
Pedicure (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z86204
Romper Stomper (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z86240
Deep Analytics (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z86336
Take a Dip (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z86422
I'll Manage (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z86479
Pacman (Pine Warbler) 0Z86709
Ketchup Anyone? (Palm Warbler) 0Z86765
The Exterminator (Brown Creeper) 0Z87046
Googles (Osprey) 0Z88192
Weighing Options (Common Grackle) 0Z89455
Delicate (Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher) 0Z89484
Blimpie (Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher) 0Z89489
I'll Run It Up the Pole (Downy Woodpecker) 0Z89765
I Ran It Up the Pole (Downy Woodpecker) 0Z89775
Trapeze Artist (Pine Warbler) 0Z80126
Wedged In (Pine Warbler) 0Z80134
Pensive (Pine Warbler) 0Z80176
Mirrors Don't Lie (White-Throated Sparrow) 0Z80194
Comfy Zone (Northern Flicker) 0Z80296
The Executioner (Eastern Towhee) 0Z80350
The Overlook (Eastern Towhee) 0Z80381
A Word from the Wise (Eastern Towhee) 0Z80390
Drooling (Ring-Necked Duck) 0Z80410
My Face is Melting (Ring-Necked Duck) 0Z80427
Lost My Crown (Ruby-Crowned Kinglet) 0Z80523
Winning the Race (Painted Turtle) 0Z80555
Subdued (White-Throated Sparrow) 0Z81127
Sockeyed (Palm Warbler) 0Z89842
DUCK! Oh, No. Wait. (Golden-Crowned Kinglet) 0Z89843
Pensive (Golden-Crowned Kinglet) 0Z89849
Overseer (Palm Warbler) 0Z89892
Faux Bill (Northern Flicker) 0Z81713
Sifting (Northern Flicker) 0Z81773
Slumming It (Swamp Sparrow) 0Z81833
Paralytics (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z81971
Indignant (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z82024
Fantailed (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z82100
Iron-Willed (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z82126
Detecteing a Presence (Rusty Blackbird) 0Z82131
Sungazer (Mallard) 0Z82212
Contracting (Red-Breasted Nuthatch) 0Z82338
Unlicensed Contractor (Red-Breasted Nuthatch) 0Z82418
Hankering for Celery (Purple Finch) 0Z82737
An Island Unto Himself (Bald Eagle) 0Z82807
The First Flap (Bald Eagle) 0Z83087
Up In Arms (Bald Eagle) 0Z83088
Even Keeled (Bald Eagle) 0Z83089
The Letter "M" (Bald Eagle) 0Z83090
Center of Gravity (Bald Eagle) 0Z83091
The Confounded Bridge (Eastern Phoebe) 0Z83104
Just a Drop (Dunlin) 0Z83322
Looking Casual (Dunlin) 0Z84065
Forceps, Please (Dunlin) 0Z84099
Ready for Action (Dunlin) 0Z84251-2
Front and Center (Dunlin) 0Z84276
Like Boba Tea (Dunlin) 0Z84508
Built-In Straw (Dunlin) 0Z84531
Good Posture (Dunlin) 0Z84635
Gold Banded (American Goldfinch) 0Z84997
I've Freaking Had It Up to HERE With You!!! (Tree Swallow) 0Z85054
Nicely Nestled (Downy Woodpecker) 0Z85480
Hymnal (Eastern Towhee) 0Z86682
Where's My Soulmate? (Eastern House Wren) 0Z87295
Why So Serious? (Eastern House Wren) 0Z87105
Hypnotic (Great Egret) 0Z87613
Emerald Kaleidoscope (Great Egret) 0Z87628
Don't Play With Your Boogers (European Starling) 0Z88296
Wrong Side of the Nest (House Finch) 0Z88492
Sweet Suet (Red-Bellied Woodpecker) 0Z89384
Pissed (Common Grackle) 0Z89498
The Inspector (House Finch) 0Z89618
Kindred Spirits (White-Throated Sparrow) 0Z89675
Over On You (Red-Bellied Woodpecker) 0Z89698
Over Arching (Blue Jay) 0Z89745
A Toothy Grin (Groundhog) 0Z80973
Stiff-necked (Yellow-Rumped Warbler) 0Z83173
Terrarium (Ruby-Crowned Kinglet) 0Z83182
Solitude (Solitary Sandpiper) 0Z83305
Lone Flapper (Solitary Sandpiper) 0Z83361
Rusted (American Robin) 0Z82555
Tarred and Feathered (Gray Catbird) 0Z83947
Swamp Creature (Gray Catbird) 0Z83995
Garden Delights (Chipping Sparrow) 0Z84129
Sail Away (Wood Duck) 0Z85018
Wood You? (Wood Duck) 0Z85029
A Flowery Feast (Chipping Sparrow) 0Z84148
Thorny Situation (Palm Warbler) 0Z85582
Snobbery (Yellow-Rumped Warbler) 0Z85641
A Trip to Home Depot (Tree Swallow) 0Z86124
On a Pedestal (Northern Mockingbird) 0Z86227
Hen Pecking (Downy Woodpecker) 0Z86631
Do You Mind? (Swamp Sparrow) 0Z86698
Confident Agility (Swamp Sparrow) 0Z86768
Coming Up From Behind (Northern Cardinal) 0Z86836
Worship (Northern Cardinal) 0Z86871
Umbrella (Gray Catbird) 0Z86989
Just Leave (Gray Catbird) 0Z87006
Quarry (American Goldfinch) 0Z87032
Emerald Fountain (American Goldfinch) 0Z87088
You're In My Way (Common Grackle) 0Z87135
Not Even a Mouthful (Snowy Egret) 0Z87234
Preflight Posing (Red Fox) 0Z87287
Imminent Flight (Red Fox) 0Z87312
Old School Marm (Double-Breasted Cormorant) 0Z87410